Industry Ministry of Government of India has decided to set an industrial manufacturing cluster at Barhi sub division of Hazaribagh district.It will be the first and only corridor of the state of Jharkhand on the proposed industrial corridor going to take shape between Amritsar and Kolkata along the famous GT road.
A three member team of officials of both central and state governments visited Barhi and inspected the proposed site. At Barhi RIADA already possess 400 acres of land and the proposed IMC will be established in this piece of land. For IMC 2500 acres of land is required so the State Government has decided to acquire land of the adjoining areas of this piece of land.
SDO Barhi Sabbir Ahmad, who was along with the team members during this inspection visit, said that the site has been finalized and soon the process of land acquisition will start.The three member team consisting of government of India Sugandha Agarwal, Ravi Shankar Prasad of Jharkhand’s industry ministry and supervisor of RIADA Ram Nagina Sahu will now
submit their report and then action will start of making this proposal true. The consultant of Government of India Sugandha Agarwal said that this project will be developed as per the Amravati model. The central
Government has decided to set up 8 IMCs between Amritsar and Kolkata on the proposed industrial corridor which will touch Pakistan on one side and Bangladesh on another.
Agarwal informed that central Government has decided to set up atleast one IMC in every State and Barhi will be the only in Jharkhand.The proposed industrial corridor along GT road will pass through Punjab, Haryana, Uttrakhand, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.