Mega industrial parks to come up in 2018 under TSIIC

Hyderabad: An action plan has been prepared for launch of several mega industrial projects taken up by Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) in the State in 2018.
Land acquisition for these mega industrial projects was nearing completion and efforts were being made to commence operations this year itself, officials said.

The State government is giving equal priority for agriculture, irrigation, power, welfare and development programmes besides industrial sector. It has taken up mega industrial projects like Pharma City at Mucherla, NIMZ at Zaheerabad, medical devices park at Sultanpur, Kakatiya Mega Textiles Park at Warangal, MSME-TIF Green Industrial Park at Dandumalkapur and other upcoming industrial parks, as prestigious projects to boost industrial development in the State.

“Land acquisition has been taken up for these projects on a priority basis as they will attract huge investments and create large scale employment. Upon completion, these projects will give a fresh boost for industrial development in the State. Huge investments are expected in pharma and textile sectors in the State,” said TSIIC Chairman Gyadari Balamallu recently.

Simultaneously, the TSIIC is pushing for development of IT sector through construction and promotion of IT Towers, T-Hub regional centres and industrial parks besides construction of IT Park at Budwel in Hyderabad city.

Officials said TSIIC required about 50,000 acres for grounding its mega industrial parks. Of these, acquisition of 70 per cent land had been completed and acquisition of the remaining land was likely to be completed shortly.

Except for Kakatiya Mega Textile Park, majority of upcoming mega industrial parks are located on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

Infrastructure development works have begun in about 2,000 acres of Kakatiya Mega Textile Park after Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao laid foundation stone in October last year. And works of 10 companies which signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with TSIIC for setting up units at the medical devices park, coming up in 250 acres, are at various stages of construction.

However, land acquisition for Pharma City project and National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) project are in the pipeline. These projects would require 19,333 acres and 12,635 acres respectively. Officials have already acquired over 50 per cent land for these projects and are confident to complete acquisition of the remaining land within a few months.

Officials said 17,000 acres of required land had been identified and field officers were pursuing acquisition of 8,000 acres of private lands. “We have already acquired nearly 8,000 acres for Pharma City and another 4,000 acres for NIMZ Phase-I,” the officials said.

Meanwhile, the stage is set for laying foundation stone for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) Green Industrial Park being developed jointly by TSIIC and Telangana Industrialists Federation (TIF) at Dandumalkapur in Yadadri Bhongir district.

Chief Minister will lay the foundation stone for the 377 acres park in February. About 400 MSME units will be established in the park which will be operationalised by 2019. The project will be a green industrial park causing least possible pollution.