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ADVANTAGE NAGPUR
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The Government of Maharashtra with the co-operation of Government
of India is developing the existing Nagpur airport as Multi-modal
International Passenger and Cargo Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN)
Project. This includes the up gradation of existing airport
to an International standard and expanding it by constructing
the second parallel runway, most modern passenger and cargo
terminal building with the state of the art facilities for
passenger, baggage and cargo handling. The whole design for
the airport has been prepared by M/s L & T Ramboll Consultants
along with Zurich Airport. We are following the consultants
report for the development of airport and other allied facilities.
This is supported by development of Special Economic Zone abutting the airport along with Rail and Road Terminal, Housing and allied facilities etc.
The
various advantages of Nagpur can be looked at from the following
view-points:
Location:
- A Nagpur is located in the
centre of India and has the zero mile of India.
- It has five National Highways
passing through the city of Nagpur.
- National Highway No.7 passes
along with the MIHAN Project boundary.
- The major East-West and North-South
Trunk Rail routes pass through Nagpur. About 75 Passenger
Trains are passing through Nagpur.
- Over 270 International flights
fly every day over the Nagpur city.
Aviation Advantage
- Nagpur airport
is operational throughout the year. It has no fear of
fog, snow, dust storm or heavy downpour. Thus it is operational
for 365 days X 24 Hrs.
- Nagpur airport is fully equipped
with night landing facilities, emergency landing etc.
- Nagpur Air Traffic Control is one
of the busiest in India.
Availability of Land and Soil Conditions:
- The land at MIHAN Project site at
Nagpur is almost a flat land needs minimum site grading.
- 21º - 7’ North latitude
and 79º - 2’ East longitude.
- The soil is of excellent quality
and foundation strata available at a depth of a metre
or two.
- Due to excellent soil condition,
there is considerable saving in the construction cost.
- Ample land i.e. 100 to 120 Acres
and even more can be made available for establishing M
R O centre.
Special Economic Zone:
- The Govt of India, Ministry of Commerce,
has already accorded approval to the Special Economic
Zone within MIHAN Project in the month of August 2005.
- The
various advantages and concessions of the SEZ shall be available to
units within the Project, the copy of The Special Economic Zone Act.,
2005 of Govt. of India and Legislative Bill of 2004 of Govt. of
Maharashtra is linked.
- Along
with other advantages of SEZ, no tax regime and non-applicability of
labour laws will be the most advantageous for Manufacturing and other
Industrial units.
- The proposed Aircraft MRO will be in the SEZ .
Captive Power Plant:
- To ensure the quality and uninterrupted
power supply to the SEZ and MIHAN project, Maharashtra
Airport Development Company (MADC) is establishing a coal
based Captive Power Plant of 100 MW capacity (2 X 50 MW)
with 25 MW diesel generators back up, on public private
partnership basis.
- Being in SEZ with tax advantages
Power Tariff will be one, the lowest in India.
- The Business Plan for Captive Power
Plant is prepared by the consultants M/s Ernst & Young.
- The Transmission and Distribution
Network is designed by
M/s Premier Mott MacDonald.
- Environmental clearance for this
plant is obtained.
- Coal linkage can be obtained from mines at a distance
of about 60 Kms.
Dedicated Water Supply:
- The quality of drinking water shall
be zero bacteria level.
- The source of water has been fixed
from Venna river dam which is about 30 kms. away from
site.
- The planning and designing work undertaken
by M/s Kirloskar Consultants Ltd is completed and tenders
will be invited shortly.
Road Network:
- The complete network of the roads
with 6-lane, 4-lane arterial roads and 2-lane sub-arterial
roads along with proper interchange at the junction of
National Highway No.7 connecting the project area has
been planned by MADC. The tender for the work of the road
network is already awarded.
- The project has complete underground
sewage and storm water system with foot paths and greenery
on both sides of the roads.
- It will be a model industrial township
with huge greenery and water bodies.
- State of the art street lighting
system will be designed by PHILIPS/BAJAJ.
International Connectivity:
- A complete telecom network with all
types of facilities is being designed by Tata Telecom
to ensure the quality service with voice and data transfer.
- There is a huge IT Zone planned
on about 1000 Acres of land where all types of IT solutions
will be available.
Nagpur - The City:
- Nagpur is the winter capital of
Maharashtra.
- A city with about 3 million
populations. It has cosmopolitan population with rich
educational and cultural background.
- It has 27 Engineering colleges
in and around the city and produce more than 8000 Engineers
every year. The standard of education is known worldwide.
- There are about 11 Medical
colleges
- The technical and skilled man-power
amply available at most economical cost.
- The cost of living in Nagpur
is most economical as compared to other metros of India.
- It has large number of offices of the Government of India.
- It has an excellent road infrastructure
with a label of second green city in India.
- It has many clubs, theatres,
art galleries, museum, cinema halls, and shopping malls
and is whole sale market of central India.
Neighbours:
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Leading IT companies and other industrial and manufacturing companies
have already booked the land in MIHAN, SEZ. Some of them are –
- M/s Satyam Computer Services
Ltd
- M/s Shapoorji Pallonji
& Co.
- M/s L & T Infocity
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Other companies which have registered their demands for land are Max
Aerospace, Go Air, Tata Consulting Services, Patni Computer Systems
Ltd. etc.
- Road and Rail Terminal
spread over 400 Acres as logistical centre taking
geographical advantages of Nagpur.
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