Nashik to be developed on DMIC

Nashik has been identified as the first development node on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor to boost business activities in the cities that fall along this rail route.The freight corridor is being developed to establish connectivity between the state and the economic capital and to connect the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, and Gujarat to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s largest container port.A Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Corporation has been formed to look into potential development centres in six states along the freight rail route.
In the first phase of this project, Nashik-Igatpuri-Sinnar zone has been selected. The focus in this area will be on industrialisation, promoting economic activities, and developing the infrastructure for it.A Japanese firm had shown interest.