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.
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