The Central government has agreed to develop in Gujarat two of the four eco-townships to be built in the high-profile Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development (DMIC), which is to take shape with Japanese funding in six states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi. To be developed at Dahej and Changodar, a tripartite agreement for this has been signed at a high-level meeting in Delhi by Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC), Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) and the Japanese ministry of economy, trade and industry. The other two locations where the DMICDC will develop ecotownships are Manesar in Haryana and Shendra in Maharashtra. The deal was clinched in Delhi on April 30, where principal secretary, industries, Maheshwar Sahu and officials from the GIDB were present. “The Japanese have agreed to fund all four eco-township projects. A consortium of companies headed by Hitachi will be developing the eco-township in Dahej, while another consortium headed by Mitsubishi will be developing ecotownship in Changodar,” a senior official said. The deal to develop eco-townships at Dahej and Changodar was clinched after METI advertised in Japan for developing one ecotownship each in Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra. A state official said, “The Japanese have begun to study on how to develop eco-township at all four places. The area to be taken — anywhere between 300 to 1,000 hectares — also will be decided by them. It will take five months”. The decision to set up ecotowns in DMIC was taken during Japanese Prime Minister Y Hatoyawa’s meeting with PM Manmohan Singh in Mumbai in December 2009. CM Narendra Modi also met the Japanese PM in Mumbai to discuss eco-townships. Based on Kitaykyushu ecotown model in Japan, these townships will use latest technology to recycle and recover 90 per cent of industrial waste.
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