Maharashtra plans to link JNPT with DMIC

The Maharashtra government is looking to link the largest container port JNPT to the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor project. It may also suggest the DMIC Development Corporation on the alignment of the route in the state.

The government is also considering a plan to develop four towns--Dhule, Aurangabad, Nashik and Dighi which come within 150 km radius from the corridor alignment, as integrated mega towns under DMIC.

A convention and exhibition centre has been planned at Shendra near Aurangabad. Engineering and design firm Aecom has been appointed as consultants to study and identify projects and companies which can make investment in these townships.

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is a mega infrastructure project passing through six states -Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh- covering an overall length of 1,483 km between the political capital and the business capital of the country.