Govt forms panel to speed up DMICDC projects

The new committee will have as members chairmen of authorities of Noida,Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway,district magistrates of Gautam Budh Nagar,Ghaziabad and Bulandshahr and a special secretary from the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Development Department. Apart from identifying the areas and the projects to be taken up in the corridor,the committee would also co-ordinate with the Government of India for getting necessary clearances.

“About 200 km of about 1,500 km long corridor falls in UP,but the state is also important in view of the fact the starting junction of both western and eastern freight corridors fall at Dadari in UP,” said an official.

He added,“In the first phase,six investment zones have been identified for development. Of these,the Dadari-Noida-Ghaziabad investment region falls in UP. The committee will propose projects for the region,identify the areas to be developed and also propose institutional structure of the area on the guidelines of DMICDC”.

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial corridor was conceived in 2006. During a visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Japan in December the same year,the Japan government showed interest in development of this corridor and an MOU between the two government was signed. The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation was formed as a special purpose vehicle by the Union Ministry of Railways. Later,MOUs were also signed with UP,Haryana,Gujarat,Rajasthan,MP and Maharastra.

An official said about 25 “early bird projects” have been proposed in six states covered by the corridor and four of these are in UP. These include development of a modern rail terminal at Boraki in Greater Noida,a container depot for goods at Dadari along with a “multi-modal logistics hub”,a power station in Greater Noida and development of an international airport in the region.