<![CDATA[Odisha Development Forum - An Initiative from The Odisha Society of the Americas - Inclusions and Omissions in Central Schemes]]> / Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:29:59 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Industrial Corridor]]> /thread-493.html Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:44:48 +0000 Chitta]]> /thread-493.html https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePag...ID=1947855


Quote:Government of India developing 11 Industrial Corridor Projects across the country in phased manner

DPIIT releases funds amounting to Rs. 9,899.89 crore for the Industrial Corridor Project
Posted On: 11 AUG 2023 6:11PM by PIB Delhi
Government of India is developing eleven (11) Industrial Corridor Projects as part of the National Industrial Corridor Programme across the country in a phased manner. The details of these industrial corridors and proposed developmental activities of approved projects are given below:

As per the approved institutional and financial structure for the industrial corridors, the Government of India, through National Industrial Corridor Development & Implementation Trust (NICDIT), provides funds as equity/debt for the development of world-class trunk infrastructure in the industrial nodes/regions under industrial corridors and the States are responsible for making available contiguous and encumbrance free land parcels.

Out of the allocated funds up to 31.07.2023, DPIIT has sanctioned and released funds amounting to Rs. 9,899.89 crore for the Industrial Corridor Project, which has been utilized to the extent of Rs. 9,816.98 crore.

Following 11 industrial corridors are being developed by Government of India in a phased manner:-

Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC)

Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC)

East Coast Industrial Corridor (ECIC) with Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC)

Bengaluru Mumbai Industrial Corridor (BMIC)

Extension of CBIC to Kochi via Coimbatore

Hyderabad Nagpur Industrial Corridor (HNIC)

Hyderabad Warangal Industrial Corridor (HWIC)

Hyderabad Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (HBIC)

Odisha Economic Corridor (OEC)

Delhi Nagpur Industrial Corridor (DNIC)

The corridors-wise status/proposed developmental activities of approved projects/ Nodes:


Following is some additional information from https://odishabytes.com/odisha-economic-...programme/


Quote:New Delhi: The Odisha Economic Corridor (OEC) is among 11 Industrial Corridor Projects that the Central government is developing in a phased manner as part of the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme across the country.

OEC comprises of 11 industrial clusters spanning approximately 600 km along National Highway 16, with a total project area of 11,366 acres of land, according to National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Ltd.

They are classified into two zones — Zone 1 (4748 acres) Gopalpur-Bhubaneswar-Kalinganagar (GBK) and Zone 2 (6618 acres) Paradip-Kendrapada-Dhamra-Subernarekha (PKDS) – which have been identified for development and project development activities.



See also https://www.nicdc.in/images/documents/OE...Report.pdf for more details.]]> https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePag...ID=1947855


Quote:Government of India developing 11 Industrial Corridor Projects across the country in phased manner

DPIIT releases funds amounting to Rs. 9,899.89 crore for the Industrial Corridor Project
Posted On: 11 AUG 2023 6:11PM by PIB Delhi
Government of India is developing eleven (11) Industrial Corridor Projects as part of the National Industrial Corridor Programme across the country in a phased manner. The details of these industrial corridors and proposed developmental activities of approved projects are given below:

As per the approved institutional and financial structure for the industrial corridors, the Government of India, through National Industrial Corridor Development & Implementation Trust (NICDIT), provides funds as equity/debt for the development of world-class trunk infrastructure in the industrial nodes/regions under industrial corridors and the States are responsible for making available contiguous and encumbrance free land parcels.

Out of the allocated funds up to 31.07.2023, DPIIT has sanctioned and released funds amounting to Rs. 9,899.89 crore for the Industrial Corridor Project, which has been utilized to the extent of Rs. 9,816.98 crore.

Following 11 industrial corridors are being developed by Government of India in a phased manner:-

Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC)

Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC)

East Coast Industrial Corridor (ECIC) with Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC)

Bengaluru Mumbai Industrial Corridor (BMIC)

Extension of CBIC to Kochi via Coimbatore

Hyderabad Nagpur Industrial Corridor (HNIC)

Hyderabad Warangal Industrial Corridor (HWIC)

Hyderabad Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (HBIC)

Odisha Economic Corridor (OEC)

Delhi Nagpur Industrial Corridor (DNIC)

The corridors-wise status/proposed developmental activities of approved projects/ Nodes:


Following is some additional information from https://odishabytes.com/odisha-economic-...programme/


Quote:New Delhi: The Odisha Economic Corridor (OEC) is among 11 Industrial Corridor Projects that the Central government is developing in a phased manner as part of the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme across the country.

OEC comprises of 11 industrial clusters spanning approximately 600 km along National Highway 16, with a total project area of 11,366 acres of land, according to National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Ltd.

They are classified into two zones — Zone 1 (4748 acres) Gopalpur-Bhubaneswar-Kalinganagar (GBK) and Zone 2 (6618 acres) Paradip-Kendrapada-Dhamra-Subernarekha (PKDS) – which have been identified for development and project development activities.



See also https://www.nicdc.in/images/documents/OE...Report.pdf for more details.]]> <![CDATA[Gati Shakti]]> /thread-492.html Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:42:14 +0000 Chitta]]> /thread-492.html https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1947583 .


Quote:53rd National Planning Group Meeting under PM GatiShakti recommends 6 infrastructure projects

3 projects of Railways & 3 of Road Transport & Highways at total project cost of more than Rs. 28,000 Cr. evaluated and recommended
Posted On: 10 AUG 2023 7:40PM by PIB Delhi

The 53rd National Planning Group (NPG) was held on 9 August 2023 at New Delhi, under the chairpersonship of Special Secretary, Logistics, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Smt. Sumita Dawra. The meeting saw active participation from member Department and Ministries, i.e., Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Power and NITI Aayog.

Special Secretary, Logistics, DPIIT highlighted that keeping in view the vision of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi for Area Development Approach, the discussed projects would provide multimodal connectivity for socio-economic development and decongest the existing city and rail infrastructure. These projects are of critical importance for future capacity augmentation and will enhance logistics efficiency of the project region.

During the meeting, six projects, 3 M/o Railways projects and 3 M/o Road Transport and Highways projects with a total project cost of Rs. 28,875.16 Cr. were evaluated. These projects are expected to improve the connectivity to various villages and key industrial business hubs by bypassing congested and highly populated areas and reduce travel time. The proposed projects are also expected to expand business avenues and generate employment opportunities for local people.

One railway project, Barbil-Nayagarh-Barsuan and Bhadrasahi- Kiriburu, with a total project cost of Rs 12,532.87 Cr, connecting the existing stations Barbil, Barsuan and Kiriburu of South Eastern Railway and Nayagarh of East Coast Railway was assessed by the NPG on GatiShakti principles of Area Development Approach. This Railway alignment connects the major mines of Sundargarh and Keonjhar district of Odisha State and Paschimi Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.

NPG also assessed the proposed Malkangiri to Bhadrachalam railway line (Project Cost- Rs 3591.76 Cr) panning across the states of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. This will open a new corridor connecting South Central Railway (Pandurangapuram) to East Coast Railway (Junagarh). It is also expected to reduce the distance between deep seaports of Andhra Pradesh to mines and industries in southern Odisha. Area Development Approach on PM GatiShakti National Master Plan was highlighted for development of connectivity to both commercial and social infrastructure.

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Quote:53rd National Planning Group Meeting under PM GatiShakti recommends 6 infrastructure projects

3 projects of Railways & 3 of Road Transport & Highways at total project cost of more than Rs. 28,000 Cr. evaluated and recommended
Posted On: 10 AUG 2023 7:40PM by PIB Delhi

The 53rd National Planning Group (NPG) was held on 9 August 2023 at New Delhi, under the chairpersonship of Special Secretary, Logistics, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Smt. Sumita Dawra. The meeting saw active participation from member Department and Ministries, i.e., Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Power and NITI Aayog.

Special Secretary, Logistics, DPIIT highlighted that keeping in view the vision of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi for Area Development Approach, the discussed projects would provide multimodal connectivity for socio-economic development and decongest the existing city and rail infrastructure. These projects are of critical importance for future capacity augmentation and will enhance logistics efficiency of the project region.

During the meeting, six projects, 3 M/o Railways projects and 3 M/o Road Transport and Highways projects with a total project cost of Rs. 28,875.16 Cr. were evaluated. These projects are expected to improve the connectivity to various villages and key industrial business hubs by bypassing congested and highly populated areas and reduce travel time. The proposed projects are also expected to expand business avenues and generate employment opportunities for local people.

One railway project, Barbil-Nayagarh-Barsuan and Bhadrasahi- Kiriburu, with a total project cost of Rs 12,532.87 Cr, connecting the existing stations Barbil, Barsuan and Kiriburu of South Eastern Railway and Nayagarh of East Coast Railway was assessed by the NPG on GatiShakti principles of Area Development Approach. This Railway alignment connects the major mines of Sundargarh and Keonjhar district of Odisha State and Paschimi Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.

NPG also assessed the proposed Malkangiri to Bhadrachalam railway line (Project Cost- Rs 3591.76 Cr) panning across the states of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. This will open a new corridor connecting South Central Railway (Pandurangapuram) to East Coast Railway (Junagarh). It is also expected to reduce the distance between deep seaports of Andhra Pradesh to mines and industries in southern Odisha. Area Development Approach on PM GatiShakti National Master Plan was highlighted for development of connectivity to both commercial and social infrastructure.

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]]> <![CDATA[Access-controlled Expressways - Odisha kind of sidelined]]> /thread-360.html Sun, 15 Jan 2023 07:17:16 +0000 Chitta]]> /thread-360.html https://odishadev.odishasociety.org/thre...t-532.html . While the initial list at https://archive.pib.gov.in/documents/rli...102503.pdf and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatmala seems positive for Odisha, in terms of ground development of access-controlled expressways, Odisha is no where. This is really alarming as in 5 years when all the various access-controlled expressways come up with very little in Odisha, manufacturing companies will hesitate to set shop in Odisha as transporting without access-controlled expressways will be slower in odisha.

In a perverse way the GQ passing through coastal Odisha seems to be working against Odisha in that the central government prefers access controlled expressways to be mostly greenfield as it is cheaper and faster than broadening existing national highways to access controlled expressways. The reasons it is expensive to broaden existing national highways to access controlled expressways are:
  • acquiring additional land is expensive. (land adjacent to existing NH is expensive)

  • since existing NH can not be closed, constructing additional lanes, interchanges etc. is time consuming.
Because of this most of the access-controlled expressways that are being constructed consists mostly of greenfield components. 



This is explained nicely in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cckBW7Ob...pOnDriving 



Odisha needs to keep this in mind and propose and push some access-controlled expressways with mostly greenfield components. Following are some suggestions.
  • Hyderabad - Koraput - Dhenakanal (close to Bhubaneswar outer ring road) - Baripada - Kolkata

  • Bhubaneswar outer ring road 

  • Sambalpur - Varanasi

  • Paradeep - Ranchi
Following maps show the current status of Access-controlled Expressway construction in India.

From https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi...526921.cms

[Image: 77527915.jpg]

[Image: bharatmala-map-1508992180.jpg]

From  https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comment...and_under/

[Image: kqo70zvnn3z61.jpg]]]> https://odishadev.odishasociety.org/thre...t-532.html . While the initial list at https://archive.pib.gov.in/documents/rli...102503.pdf and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatmala seems positive for Odisha, in terms of ground development of access-controlled expressways, Odisha is no where. This is really alarming as in 5 years when all the various access-controlled expressways come up with very little in Odisha, manufacturing companies will hesitate to set shop in Odisha as transporting without access-controlled expressways will be slower in odisha.

In a perverse way the GQ passing through coastal Odisha seems to be working against Odisha in that the central government prefers access controlled expressways to be mostly greenfield as it is cheaper and faster than broadening existing national highways to access controlled expressways. The reasons it is expensive to broaden existing national highways to access controlled expressways are:
  • acquiring additional land is expensive. (land adjacent to existing NH is expensive)

  • since existing NH can not be closed, constructing additional lanes, interchanges etc. is time consuming.
Because of this most of the access-controlled expressways that are being constructed consists mostly of greenfield components. 



This is explained nicely in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cckBW7Ob...pOnDriving 



Odisha needs to keep this in mind and propose and push some access-controlled expressways with mostly greenfield components. Following are some suggestions.
  • Hyderabad - Koraput - Dhenakanal (close to Bhubaneswar outer ring road) - Baripada - Kolkata

  • Bhubaneswar outer ring road 

  • Sambalpur - Varanasi

  • Paradeep - Ranchi
Following maps show the current status of Access-controlled Expressway construction in India.

From https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi...526921.cms

[Image: 77527915.jpg]

[Image: bharatmala-map-1508992180.jpg]

From  https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comment...and_under/

[Image: kqo70zvnn3z61.jpg]]]> <![CDATA[Links about High-speed rail, Metros, RRTS and Expressways]]> /thread-359.html Sun, 08 Jan 2023 02:11:37 +0000 Chitta]]> /thread-359.html https://themetrorailguy.com/ has information on

Odisha is missing in the first three; has some presence in the 4th item.]]> https://themetrorailguy.com/ has information on

Odisha is missing in the first three; has some presence in the 4th item.]]>