[CA] CBIC extends to Kochi - Coimbatore

National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT) in its meeting held on Aug 30, 2019 has accorded approval for extension of Chennai - Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) to Kochi and Coimbatore and inclusion of Integrated Manufacturing Clusters (IMCs) identified in the States of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.  As per approved financial and institutional structure for Industrial Corridors by Government of India, the responsibility of making land available for the project is with the concerned State Government.

The activities relating to selection of consultant for detailed master planning and preliminary engineering of these IMCs are in progress.  Completion timelines varies from 4-5 years from the date of initiations of project development activities. Since, the project is presently under development stage, completion date of the project cannot be fixed.

[CA/GK/ECON] Industrial Corridors

Government of India has approved the development of following five industrial corridor projects to be implemented through National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT):

S.No.	Industrial Corridor	States
1	Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)	Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra
2	Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC)	Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
3	Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC)	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
4	East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC) with Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) as Phase-1	West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
5	Bengaluru Mumbai Industrial Corridor (BMIC)	Karnataka, Maharashtra

[CA] Chennai - Kanniyakumari Industrial Corridor

Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) — a Rs 6,448 cr project proposed by the State Highways — will become a reality in a few years. The 640 km CKIC will link 14 industrial corridors across the 23 districts in State.

The Asian Development Bank said it will provide a $451 million (about Rs 3,200 crore) loan to strengthen power connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu.

Six industrial nodes comprising auto industry, textiles, machinery, petro-chemical, metals and minerals and food products were identified along the corridor. Many arterial roads, NH-7, NH-45, SH-49, SH-200 and SH-176 (East Coast Road) run through the corridor linking Chennai port, Kamarajar (Ennore) port and VOC port in Thoothukudi along with other smaller ports such as Katupalli and Karaikal. The corridor is also served by the Chennai-Kanyakumari railway line and three international airports — Chennai, Tiruchy and Madurai.

The project is part of the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC) — which runs for 2500 km along the entire east coast from Kolkata to Kanyakumari. It is a multimodal, regional maritime corridor that can play a vital role in unifying the large domestic market while integrating the economy with the global value chains of southeast and east Asia. ECEC resonates with the Centre’s port-led industrialisation drive under Sagarmala initiative and Act East Policy.

ECEC’s development will be conducted in a three-phased manner.

Phase 1 covers the Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC);

Phase 2 involves the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC), and

Phase 3 the Odisha and West Bengal Industrial Corridor.

[Econ] Industrial Corridors

Industrial corridor	States	Funding
Chennai-Bengaluru-Chitradurga	Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu	Japan
Bengaluru-Mumbai Economic Corridor (BMEC)	Maharashtra, Karnataka	United Kingdom
East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC)	linking Kolkata-Chennai-Tuticorin	ADB
Vizag-Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC)	Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu	ADB
Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC), 2014	150-200 km band on either side of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) in a phased manner. 7 states: §                  Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand §                  Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand §                  West Bengal	Government of India

Golden Quadrilateral Vs Diamond Quadrilateral:

Golden Quadrilateral	Diamond quadrilateral
1999	2014
under NHAI	under Rail budget
To connect four main cities of India Delhi-Kolkata-Chennai-Mumbai. ~6000km length	To connect major metros through High Speed Rails.
(length wise, longest to shortest) 1.              Kolkata-Chennai 2.              Delhi Kolkata 3.              Delhi Mumbai 4.              Chennai Mumbai	Proposed routes 1.              Mumbai-Ahmedabad 2.              Howrah-Haldia 3.              New Delhi-Patna 4.              Hyderabad-Chennai

North, South, East & West Corridor:

Under NHAI
North	Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir)
South	Cochin (Kerala), Kanyakumari + Salem (Tamil Nadu)
East	Silchar (Assam)
West	Porbandar (Gujarat)

Budget 2014: industrial corridor announcements

National Industrial Corridor Authority

·        to coordinate the development of the industrial corridors,

·        with smart cities

·        linked them all using transport connectivity

·        HQ Pune. (100 crore allotted)

Additionally: Three new smart cities in the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor region: Ponneri – Tamil Nadu; Krishnapatnam – Andhra Pradesh & Tumkur – Karnataka

o       Amritsar Kolkata Industrial master planning will be started.

o       Bengaluru Mumbai Economic corridor (BMEC) and Vizag-Chennai will be developed.

Road Infrastructure

Types of Roads:

Name	Length (in km)	Responsibility of	Connects
National Highways	93000	Union Government	State Capitals
State Highways	1.4 lakh	State Government	State Capital to District HQ
District Roads	> 46lakh	District Panchayat	District HQ to Taluk and Blocks
Village Roads		Gram Panchayat	Villages to Neighboring Towns

National highway authority of India (NHAI)

·        Statutory body under ministry of road transport and highways

·        It is responsible for national highways’ development, maintenance and management

·        Three main projects

·        National Highway developmental Project (NHDP)

·        Golden quadrilateral

·        North – South + East – West Corridors

·        NHDP phase 6 started from 2013.

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