Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor | Approved

[parthochoudhury]

Originally Posted by sixsigma1978

From the looks of DMIC - only Gujarat seems to be doing something concrete. What about the laggards Rajasthan, UP and MP? Its these states that should be jumping the hoops to build the infrastructure - they need it more than any other states - and I don't hear anything happening from these states. Are they truly and officially BIMARU?

Wrong.....Maharashtra has just released plans to firm up its share of the DMIC gravy train!!!

State will get four new industrial hubs

(Taken from HT ePaper) The state claims to begin the planning stage of the Maharashtra block of DMIC, although land acq will be a major mess (as expected), unless the babudom can learn from experience and target barren land....is there any???

BTW, the targeted zones are Aurangabad, Dhighi Port, Nasik and Dhule. Out of these, IMO, Aurangabad and Dhule should be smooth going. However, if the "do not touch cultivable land" condition sticks, or the affected farmers dont co-operate, then Nasik and Dhighi can just go bust in no time!!!

[shreyas1684]

Originally Posted by parthochoudhury

Wrong.....Maharashtra has just released plans to firm up its share of the DMIC gravy train!!!

State will get four new industrial hubs

(Taken from HT ePaper) The state claims to begin the planning stage of the Maharashtra block of DMIC, although land acq will be a major mess (as expected), unless the babudom can learn from experience and target barren land....is there any???

BTW, the targeted zones are Aurangabad, Dhighi Port, Nasik and Dhule. Out of these, IMO, Aurangabad and Dhule should be smooth going. However, if the "do not touch cultivable land" condition sticks, or the affected farmers dont co-operate, then Nasik and Dhighi can just go bust in no time!!!

well he didnt mention Maharashtra in his comment...

[parthochoudhury]

Originally Posted by shreyas1684

well he didnt mention Maharashtra in his comment...

This one should clarify things!!!

Maharashtra gets cracking on Delhi corridor

Mumbai: There has been an enormous delay in responding to the Centre-envisaged Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, but the state government, finally, has come out of its slumber. It has constituted a high-power committee to develop four integrated industrial mega towns in Dhule, Nashik, Aurangabad and Dighi in a time-bound manner.

More than three years have passed since the Centre initiated the development of the corridor that will connect six states and several districts between Delhi and Mumbai. Gujarat was promptly out of the blocks, but Maharashtra has not yet started the process of land acquisition.

The state government has decided to set up an exhibition and convention centre at Shendra, Aurangabad; the Nashik-Igatpuri-Sinnar investment region; and a multi-model logistic hub at Karla. It also has plans to develop the Dighi port.

“The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is the planning authority for the corridor. It will take care of land acquisition and other things. We are exploring possibilities of promoting manufacturing industries, such as automobiles, white goods, hardware, iron and steel. With adequate connectivity and infrastructure available along the corridor, transportation of raw and finished goods will become easier,” an MIDC official said.

Major chunk of financial assistance for setting up the corridor will come from the Centre. “The early birds will get more assistance. Maharashtra is lagging behind other states involved in the project. Chief minister Ashok Chavan has taken up the matter very seriously. He has directed the department concerned to complete development in a time-bound manner,” the official said.

The high-power committee, headed by state chief secretary JP Dange, will take care of land acquisition, skilled manpower, and adequate supply of water and power for the project.

[parthochoudhury]

Personally, I think putting all your eggs into one (the Japanese decision) is bound to create problems (like being tied down by too many conditions being imposed by the Japs!!). Hence, a chance to hedge our bets with help from Singapore is a prudent decision indeed.....Hopefully, shall hear from Temasek pretty soon!!!

India urges Singapore to invest in Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor

New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Tuesday urged his urges his Singaporean counterpart, Lim Hng Kiang, to encourage Singaporean entities to invest in one of the 24 nodes of Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, a project aimed at developing an industrial zone spanning six Indian states.

Sharma said that during the meeting, the two countries discussed the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, and he asked Singapore to invest in the 90 billion dollars project.

"Also the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor we have discussed, and the investment nodes, and we have urged Minister Lim to encourage Singapore entities, bringing together on one platform all the stake-holders to invest in one of the 24 nodes identified under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, which will, in fact, be covering six states in India," said Sharma.

The project will see a major expansion of infrastructure and industry, including industrial clusters and rail, road, port and air connectivity within the six states along the route of the Corridor.

The ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) has received a major boost with India and Japan inking an agreement to set up a project development fund.

Meanwhile, Singapore also discussed their generic drug imports from India and made the import procedure much easier at the registration clearance desk from a generic company.

"Basically, whenever Indian companies producing generics, whenever you sell to a country, you got to go through a regulatory process of registering and getting regulatory clearance," said Lim Hng Kiang, Trade and Commerce Minister of Singapore.

"What we have agreed is that you can do that in a normal way but if your generics are already cleared through one of the five countries - US, Canada, EU, UK or Australia - Singapore would take that as already cleared, and we will import it without additional clearance from a generic company," he added.

Singapore is India's largest trading partner in the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. (ANI)

[anidel]

Originally Posted by sixsigma1978

From the looks of DMIC - only Gujarat seems to be doing something concrete. What about the laggards Rajasthan, UP and MP? Its these states that should be jumping the hoops to build the infrastructure - they need it more than any other states - and I don't hear anything happening from these states. Are they truly and officially BIMARU?

Yes, officially govt of India recognizes that that's why they have changed the fund allocation from this year. so states with high growth rate will get less funds.

Surprisingly Bihar also gets low funds due to its high growth rate.

And for projects in UP there is Yamuna expressway, 1047 km access controlled 8 laned Ganga expressway, formula one GP motor racing venue, cricket stadium, hockey stadium. international airport at Kushinagar (Lord Buddha attained nirvana here) and Greater NOIDA, various power plants, new roads and highways etc. etc.

[Abhishek901]

All those UP projects you mentioned are being built by private money and not by govt.

[patentneer]

Here's a map showing the alignment of the high speed freight corridor (from Tehelka):




Question: Is DMIC soemwhat parallel to Del-Mum Golden Quad link?

I read some neta say DMIC is largest infrastructure project Globally. True?

Idea! Whynot desi housing Co.'s put up low-cost cities around obvioulsy hyphy Japanee areas, whynot govt. do a mass migration and shift from UP/Bihar to agri-fy, industrialise and shoon-shaaan these areas ... Oh! I guess that goes without saying ... my bad

Is it just me or all can't help notice that deep green agri belt in Pak, above pic. Wow!

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[anidel]

Originally Posted by Abhishek901

All those UP projects you mentioned are being built by private money and not by govt.

but where i have said that its by govt money?

[Abhishek901]

Originally Posted by anidel

but where i have said that its by govt money?

You talked about govt funds and these projects in same breath, so I thought you were saying that govt has increased spending in UP.

[patentneer]

[QUOTE=Gotcha;45529813]The only thing thats relevant from his post is the last line

I suppose it would be preferable for some of us subsribers that I write in long form ... post in triplicate, and grease some 'bakhshish' over for not jumping on me re: my rapid-fire writing ...

Point taken!

And Yash Chauhan Bhai, you went from support, to insight based comments to outright contrarian, wassap kid?

[shanware]

Originally Posted by patentneer

I suppose it would be preferable for some of us subsribers that I write in long form ..Point taken!

Oh wow ..you can be coherent More power to you. Please don't revert to your original style. I dont have the requsite grey matter to 'understand' it.

[parthochoudhury]

I wonder if the GoI has stipulated a time limit for the implementation of the DMIC and the DMFC projects. Considering that most projects in the north and west of India tend to be completed earlier and faster than the projects in other parts of the country (relatively speaking!!!), it might not be over ambitious to expect the DMIC/DMFC to see the light of day much earlier than the eastern leg being planned from Delhi to WB via UP/Bihar.

I was just checking on the progress of the NHDP GQ project (it is still not done even after 11 years!!!), and they had 80 kms of road work still pending (all in the sectors other than the Delhi-Mumbai leg, which has been 100% done since the last couple of years) as of Feb 10 end. Their latest progress report was posted for Apr 10, and they seemed to have completed only 20 kms in these 2 months, and there is still 60 kms left to be done after 11 years of effort!!!

I wonder what will happen to Kamal Nath's claim of building 20 kms a day, if this is the pace of a project (10 kms on average per MONTH!!!) which has been universally labeled the pièce de résistance of all highway projects in India!!!

[shreyas1684]

Originally Posted by parthochoudhury

This one should clarify things!!!

Maharashtra gets cracking on Delhi corridor

Mumbai: There has been an enormous delay in responding to the Centre-envisaged Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, but the state government, finally, has come out of its slumber. It has constituted a high-power committee to develop four integrated industrial mega towns in Dhule, Nashik, Aurangabad and Dighi in a time-bound manner.

More than three years have passed since the Centre initiated the development of the corridor that will connect six states and several districts between Delhi and Mumbai. Gujarat was promptly out of the blocks, but Maharashtra has not yet started the process of land acquisition.

The state government has decided to set up an exhibition and convention centre at Shendra, Aurangabad; the Nashik-Igatpuri-Sinnar investment region; and a multi-model logistic hub at Karla. It also has plans to develop the Dighi port.

“The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is the planning authority for the corridor. It will take care of land acquisition and other things. We are exploring possibilities of promoting manufacturing industries, such as automobiles, white goods, hardware, iron and steel. With adequate connectivity and infrastructure available along the corridor, transportation of raw and finished goods will become easier,” an MIDC official said.

Major chunk of financial assistance for setting up the corridor will come from the Centre. “The early birds will get more assistance. Maharashtra is lagging behind other states involved in the project. Chief minister Ashok Chavan has taken up the matter very seriously. He has directed the department concerned to complete development in a time-bound manner,” the official said.

The high-power committee, headed by state chief secretary JP Dange, will take care of land acquisition, skilled manpower, and adequate supply of water and power for the project.

you are totally missing the ball buddy...i didnt mention any of words like Maharashtra is lagging behind among certain DMIC states...i just said the guy was talkin about few north indian states against gujarat not maharastra...why wasting extra bytes buddy...

[parthochoudhury]

Originally Posted by shreyas1684

you are totally missing the ball buddy...i didnt mention any of words like Maharashtra is lagging behind among certain DMIC states...i just said the guy was talkin about few north indian states against gujarat not maharastra...why wasting extra bytes buddy...

As far as I understand it, I think MP and UP's contribution, benefits and offtake from this whole project is bound to be minimal. Yes, I do agree with the fact that Raj (One of the truly BIMARU) states need to do more bcos they stand to benefit a lot from this....but honestly, I dont even know if we should bother about what UP and MP are doing on their side, since very little of their population is going to be affected/benefited, if at all. Hence, I wanted to impress the fact that out of the main stake holders of DMIC (NCR, Raj, Guj, Mah), Guj is # 1 by a long shot, while Mah is beginning to make its mark....NCR (Delhi city + all of Haryana) might wanna jump in next. But UP, MP.....who cares!!!

[parthochoudhury]

This one is in the Maharashtra portion of the DMIC hinterland, so I think it is appropriate that its posted here!!! While its good news that DMIC will attract a lot of manufacturing jobs to the hinterland, even high paying R&D jobs and related service jobs should also be actively encouraged.

Rs 10,000-crore (USD 2.25 billion) innovation park to come up in Roha

The sleepy little town of Roha, located 120 km from Mumbai, may soon see the largest collection of scientists working under a single roof.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) decided to allow the Mahindra and Mahindra group to build a Rs 10,000 crore innovation park which will house 25,000 scientists who will undertake state-of-the-art research in a sprawling 5,000 acre complex.
“Mahindra Life Spaces has been chosen to build the Innovation Project which will cost Rs 10,000 crore. The project has been cleared by the Chief Minister and a formal announcement is likely to be made next month,” a senior government official said.
The MMRDA planned the innovation park on the lines of France’s Sophia Antipolis, as a research and development hub where scientists can find all facilities to undertake research activity and work on product development.
The park will facilitate interaction between scientists and businessmen who can market the technologies or products.
“The MMRDA’s estimate committee found Mahindra’s proposal superior than the others,” the official said. Mahindra has already made a presentation of their plans to the chief minister earlier this week.
MMRDA was seeking builders having a land bank of close to 5,000 acres.
MMRDA will contribute only 26 per cent equity but will help in getting clearances and create infrastructure in the surrounding areas of the park.
The innovation park will be completed in the next 10 years. Mahindra will develop the infrastructure for the park and then sell or lease the land to various pharmaceutical companies who want to undertake research and development work.
The MMRDA is taking help from the Science and Technology Park, which is a part of Pune University, to facilitate the setting up of the park. It will house nearly 2,000 research centers of industries and government where more than 25,000 scientists from over 100 nationalities will do research.
MMRDA officials claim that once operational, the park will create nearly one lakh science-related jobs and nearly eight lakh jobs for allied services.

[KuwarOnline]

above post should be Mumbai project thread??? anyways that awesome prjt ,hope get completed in time

[parthochoudhury]

Originally Posted by KuwarOnline

above post should be Mumbai project thread??? anyways that awesome prjt ,hope get completed in time

Roha is 120 km from Mumbai....too far off to be included in Mumbai projects, dont u think??? I added it here, since it comes in the catchment area of the DMIC project, altho it is not being funded thru the DMIC funding agencies....but I m sure there will be mutual benefits reaped by both this project and any DMIC-specific projects that may come up in its vicinity in the future.....

[parthochoudhury]

A port connector bypassing the outskirts of MMR is being planned, and Dhule, Aurangabad, Dhighi Port and Nasik are being planned as catchment cities!!

Maha wants to link JNPT to Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government wants to link the largest container port JNPT to the ambitious Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor project and said it would suggest the DMIC Development Corporation on the alignment of the route in the state.

"We want JNPT, being a major port to be connected to the proposed Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor instead of routing from within the busy financial capital as it already has several infrastructure projects on hand," Principal Secretary for Industry, A M Khan told.

The government is also considering a plan to develop four towns--Dhule, Aurangabad, Nashik and Dighi which come within 150 km radius from the corridor alignment, as integrated mega towns under DMIC.

"These towns would have economic activities rather than just industrial units and would also attract international investment," Khan said.

A convention and exhibition centre has been planned at Shendra near Aurangabad. The town was chosen since the it is being developed under some other projects also, he said.

Engineering and design firm Aecom has been appointed as consultants to study and identify projects and companies which can make investment in these townships, the official said.

A high power committee under the Chief Secretary has also been appointed to look into the progress of the work. The committee would also help in providing logistics, power and water supply for the project, he said.

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is a mega infrastructure project passing through six states -Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh- covering an overall length of 1,483 km between the political capital and the business capital of the country.

[GJ10]

Originally Posted by parthochoudhury

Roha is 120 km from Mumbai....too far off to be included in Mumbai projects, dont u think??? I added it here, since it comes in the catchment area of the DMIC project, altho it is not being funded thru the DMIC funding agencies....but I m sure there will be mutual benefits reaped by both this project and any DMIC-specific projects that may come up in its vicinity in the future.....

Hey Partho,

Appreciate your enthusiasm for this thread, but tbh news like that should have just gone in the "Maharashtra Projects Thread" in Central/West section.

Lets try and keep this thread for news/updates related specifically to the projects that are officially part of the DMIC or Western DFC. There are far too many projects going on in the 6 DMIC states to fit everything into this thread!

On another note, wrt to the two articles suggesting how well Maharashtra is doing with the DMIC (Maharashtra gets cracking & JNPT article) Im aware that the standard of media reporting isnt always amazing in India, but these really drop the standard to a new low.

All the plans and projects that they refer to as if they are new brainchilds of the Maharashtra Govt have clearly been part of the DMIC masterplan since the start and have been reported by the media and posted here on SSCI as far back as 2006!

What would even be the point of a DFC going to Mumbai would be if it wasnt connected to JNPT? In all honesty, the only real information to get from those articles is that Maharashtra still hasnt begun land acquisition or detailed planning for any of it.

[parthochoudhury]

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