New Delhi: Upcoming 12 smart city will be developed as dedicated industrial centerEach is specific to a certain area, officials said.
While one in Agra has been proposed as a hub electric vehicle And Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM), Palakkad can focus on medicines and botanical sciences. It is being developed with the aim of generating maximum employment by establishing an Industrial Smart City in Gaya. food processingLight engineering and metal related industries.
last month, Union Cabinet Establishment of 12 industrial smart cities was approved with a total investment of ₹28,602 crore.
“All cities will have specific and concentrated industrial centres. It will take about three years to build these cities,” said an official. He said that contractors will be included by March.
These cities will be spread across 10 states like Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala and Telangana and six major industrial corridors. They will function like industrial cities, where residential and commercial setups will co-exist, have plug and play infrastructure with potable water, 24-hour electricity and will be based on the ‘walk-to-work’ concept.
In Maharashtra, while Bidkin is emerging as an auto hub, Dighi is being developed as a project that will drive port based industrialization and industry-led urbanization while promoting ecotourism.
“Dighi and Krishnapatnam will be important for port-led industrialization and industry-led urbanisation,” said Rajat Kumar Saini, managing director of the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation. He said that all the projects have been mapped. PM Gatishakti To help make business easier.
Hospitality is also identified as another sector in Gaya while hospitals are showing interest in Agra.
These 12 cities have an investment potential of ₹1.5 lakh crore and employment potential of up to 1 million direct jobs and up to 3 million indirect jobs.
Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan have shown interest in having dedicated industrial space in these cities. Officials said Switzerland has shown interest encouraged by the India-European Free Trade Association (EFTA), under which New Delhi has received investment commitments of $100 billion over the next 15 years. “Because of EFTA, these countries are interested in investment. They want local partners,” the official said.
