Thursday, 29 August 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Khurpia near Rudrapur town of Udham Singh Nagar will be developed as an industrial smart city. The city will be developed in an area of 1002 acre at a cost of Rs 1,265 crores.
The union minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal said that India will soon wear a grand necklace of industrial smart cities as in a landmark decision Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved 12 new project proposals under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP) with an estimated investment of Rs 28,602 crore. He claimed that the move is set to transform the industrial landscape of the country creating a robust network of industrial nodes and cities that will significantly boost economic growth and global competitiveness.
Spanning across 10 states and strategically planned along six major corridors, these projects represent a significant leap forward in India’s quest to enhance its manufacturing capabilities and economic growth, he claimed. The industrial areas will be set up in Khurpia in Uttrakhand, Rajpura-Patiala in Punjab, Dighi in Maharashtra, Palakkad in Kerela, Agra and Prayagraj in UP, Gaya in Bihar, Zaheerabad in Telangana, Orvakal and Kopparthy in Andhra Pradesh and Jodhpur-Pali in Rajasthan. The NICDP is designed to foster a vibrant industrial ecosystem by facilitating investments from both large anchor industries and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
The new industrial cities will be developed as greenfield smart cities of global standards, built ‘ahead of demand’ on the ‘plug-n-play’ and ‘walk-to-work’ concepts. This approach ensures that the cities are equipped with advanced infrastructure that supports sustainable and efficient industrial operations.
The minister said that NICDP is expected to generate significant employment opportunities, with an estimated one million direct jobs and upto three million indirect jobs being created through planned industrialization.
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Industrial smart city at Khurpia to boost U’khand’s economy: CM
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Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for including Khurpia of Uttarakhand in the list of industrial smart cities. He said that the proposed industrial smart city will give an impetus to the economic development of the State and help in increasing infrastructure activities. Khurpia will have an investment potential of Rs 6,180 crore with an employment potential of 75,057 people. The government has added automobiles, auto components, engineering and fabrication sectors in the focus sectors for Khurpia.
