The Chhattisgarh Government has allotted Sector 5 in Naya Raipur for setting up of non polluting industrial projects. A mega Multi-Modal logistic Park (MMlP) is currently also under construction spread in an area of 103 acres with an investment of Rs 207 crore in Naya Raipur, officials informed. Notably, the MMlPs in Telangana, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Uttarakhand are being developed by Central public sector undertaking Container Corporation of India ltd (CONCOR).
As part of the National Perspective Plan, prepared under the Sagarmala Programme of the Union Ministry of Shipping, a total of seven MMlPs were proposed in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Telangana, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
The potential sites were identified based on comprehensive study of the container cargo movement across the country and are located in the proximity of important industrial clusters. This will be advantageous for the transportation of containerised cargo, officials informed.
Taking this forward, CONCOR officials have informed that domestic operations have already commenced at 1 MMlP in Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) and MMlPs at 4 proposed locations - Nagulapally (Telangana), Siliguri (West Bengal), Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Jharsuguda (Odisha), which are under development stage.
For the other 2 locations – North Madhya Pradesh / Chhattisgarh border (Singrauli) and Nagaur (Rajasthan), action will be initiated with a detailed area-wise analysis.
A total of 117 Industrial Entrepreneurs Memorandum (IEM) were filed in Chhattisgarh with the proposed investment of Rs 36,511 crore during 2015-16 as on December 2015.
This is in comparison to 37 IEMs filed with the proposed investment of Rs 1,62,584 crores during financial year 2014-15, the annual report 2015-16 of the Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy (DIPP) has mentioned. Chhattisgarh intends to offer renewable energy equipment market for solar photo voltaic equipment worth Rs 32,000 crores during the next five years to investors who decide to establish projects in the State, they stated. The Government is also promising abundant and easy access to raw materials that go into equipment manufacturing for renewable energy sector.
Notably, a host of key Chinese companies from Zhengzhou city of Henan province in China signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) worth 945 million USD (approx. Rs 6,600 Crore) for setting up a wide set of industrial projects in Chhattisgarh during Chief Minister Raman Singh’s week-long tour to China recently.
As per the MoUs, Chinese companies will primarily invest in manufacturing of solar power equipment, railway and building construction material sectors in Chhattisgarh. Notably, the Chhattisgarh government has commenced the process of setting up the Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) at Sector-22 of the new capital. Initially, infrastructural development works such as construction of boundary wall, roads , drainage, culverts, water supply system and streets light would be taken up.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh Government will also be setting up an IT SEZ in the vicinity of the EMC to be established at Sector 22 in the new capital. The EMC would be at located about 7 kms from the Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur. The site enjoys abundant water supply from the Mahanadi river and also have also sufficient power connection to cater the needs of operation in EMC, officials stated. The location of the EMC is at Tuta village of Naya Raipur.