Anand announces development of industry in Haryana

by Haryananewswire (Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, JULY 19

Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma today made announcements for development of industry in Haryana  which included declaration of Manesar-Bawal Investment Region as National Manufacturing Investment Zone, setting up of a National Institute of Design at Kurukshetra and  NIT in Panchkula and an International Horticulture Hub, Gannaur.

            The Minister, who was addressing a press conference in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda here today, said that 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 development of this region will be spread over an area of 383sq.kms.

            The Union Minister agreed in principal to set up a National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Panchkula.

            He announced that the development of Manesar-Bawal Investment region will see total infrastructure investments of over Rs71,000 crores and total estimated investments in the region will be in the range of 2.5 lakh crores and over the next 30 years provide employment to over 28 lakh people.

            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 crores. 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 would provide 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.