Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the ‘Integrated Industrial Township, Greater Noida’ (IITGN), spread over 750 acres, during a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district.
PM Modi said that this smart township is competing with the best manufacturing cities of the world as it has all the basic facilities necessary for industry, trade and business.
The IITGN has been developed at a cost of about Rs 1,700 crore by the Integrated Industrial Township Greater Noida Limited (IITGNL), a joint venture of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and Greater Noida Authority.
Besides, PM Modi also launched and laid the foundation stone for other development projects worth over Rs 19,100 crore in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Greater Noida Authority officials said that so far eight big companies have invested in the township. These include Haier Electronics, Forme Mobile, Satkriti Infotainment, Chenfeng (LED company), Jworld Electronics, and Guru Amardass.
The officials said that the companies have so far invested over Rs 4,000 crore and given jobs to around 11,000 youth.
“The central government is working on building four new industrial smart cities in the country. Such new cities that can compete with the world’s best manufacturing and investment destinations. Out of this, one industrial smart city has been built in Greater Noida. Every basic facility required for daily life and business has been developed here. Now this city is ready for investors from all over the world,” said PM Modi, while explaining that it would benefit the whole of western Uttar Pradesh.
Among the other projects launched by PM Modi include the resurfacing work of 60 meter-wide service road from Balak Inter College to Char Murti Rotary in Greater Noida West, and 60 meter-wide road from Graziano Rotary to Hanuman Mandir Rotary in Greater Noida West.
The two projects for which the Prime Minister has laid the foundation stone include the construction of an underpass at Gaur Chowk (Char Murti Chowk) in Greater Noida West and a foot overbridge at eight places.