26.1.15

DMIC snippets

The Maharashtra state government has decided to invoke Article 243Q of the Constitution, which relates to municipalities, to facilitate setting up townships for the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project. The DMIC encompasses an area of 1,483 km in six states. In Maharashtra, the corridor will be spread over ten districts-Mumbai (island), Mumbai (suburban), Thane, Raigad, Nashik, Pune, Ahmednagar, Dhule, Nandurbar and Aurangabad. In the state, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is the nodal agency for the DMIC and has been acquiring land for the project. In 2014, an agreement was signed between the state government, MIDC and Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Ltd to facilitate establishment of such townships.According to the deal, the state government will establish industrial townships in the ten districts. “Each of these townships will be administered by a special purpose vehicle that will be designated as a special planning authority. Article 243Q allows the setting up of such industrial townships where the municipal services are provided by an industrial establishment. Such townships are allowed in transitional areas (rural to urban),” said a bureaucrat. Bhilai, Rourkela and Jamshedpur are examples of industrial townships. In its January 19 government resolution (GR), the state has assured permanent access to and from the township. The GR mentioned that a police force will be provided and the townships will be allowed to generate their own power.
The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is the Centre’s ambitious infrastructure programme that aims to develop ‘smart cities’ and expand manufacturing and service sectors. The central government believes the project will provide a major boost to planned urbanization in India with manufacturing as the key driver.

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