Chandigarh: Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles, Anand Sharma announced investment of Rs 70,000 crore entailed in projects coming up in Haryana including National Manufacturing Investment Zone at Manesar-Bawal Investment Region, setting up of a National Institute of Design at Kurukshetra, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Panchkula and an International Horticulture Hub, Gannaur.
"The progress in Manesar-Bawal region will see total infrastructure investments of over Rs 71,000 crore and total estimated investments in the region will be in the range of 2.5 lakh crores," the Union minister said after meeting heads of the state in Haryana and Punjab. He said that the over the next 30 years it would provide employment to over 28 lakh people.
He said that Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor project has reached implementation stage. "The infrastructure project would be get fund of Rs 18,500 crore from the Government of India, JBIC has forwarded a fund of $4.5 billion," the minister said.
"The states have initiated measures like zoning of land for the project. Manesar-Bawal Investment Region has been declared as one of the first eight National Manufacturing Investment Zones to be developed as green field integrated industrial townships. "The National Manufacturing Zones would create 100 million jobs in one decade," he said.
A state of the art multi-modal logistic hub will be established near Panchgaon Chowk at an estimated cost of nearly Rs 2000 crores of which Government of India will contribute Rs.300 crore. This logistic hub will transform Haryana into a regional logistics centre for the entire northern region.
A Mass Rapid Transit System will be established in the Manesar-Bawal investment region at a projected cost of Rs.13580 crores. This will be developed in PPP mode. The Minister had a high level review meeting on the project implementation, land acquisition and a joint centre-state task force for monitoring the timelines of the project that has been agreed upon to ensure that the road map drawn for project implementation is followed through.
He said that the Government of India would support the establishment of a Global City spread over a large area of land which will be developed as a hi-tech city with a central business district, finance centre and an integrated exhibition-cum convention facility at Garhi-Harsaru.
The Government of India will establish a National Institute of Design at Kurukshetra for which the State Government has offered land. This Institute will be modeled on the NID, Ahmedabad and will be amongst one of the four national institute being established across the country.
The Government of India will provide Rs.135 crores for the entire project. He said that the Government will support an International Horticulture Hub, Gannaur for which a detailed project report has been prepared. He said that a hub for perishable with cold storage and related infrastructure would be set up at Chandigarh -Mohali airport.
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