Narendra Modi lays foundation stone to South India’s 1st Industrial Corridor Project, Tumakuru Industrial Township

CHENNAI: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of South India’s 1st Industrial Corridor Project to be implemented at Tumakuru which is spread over 8500 Acre of land under the Chennai BengaluruIndustrialCorridor.

Shri Basavaraj S. Bommai, Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Raj Nath Singh, Union Minister for Defence, Shri A. Narayanaswamy, Union MoS for Social Justice&Empowerment,ShriMurugeshNirani,Minister, Govt. of Karnataka, Shri Araga Jnanendra , Minister, Govt. of Karnataka, Shri J. C. Madhuswamy, Minister, Govt. of Karnataka, Shri B. C. Nagesh, Minister, Govt. of Karnataka, Shri V. Somanna, Minister, Govt. of Karnataka, ShriG.S.Basavaraj,MemberofParliament,ShriJaggesh, Member of Parliament, Smt. Sumita Dawra, CEO&MD, NICDCandotherdignitariesgracedtheoccasion.

Addressingthegathering,thePrimeMinistersaidthat taking forward the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat,

Tumakuru Industrial Township has been planned with holisticandintegratedapproachinlinewiththeprinciples of PM-GatiShakti to address the issue of last mile multimodalconnectivitytotheeconomiczone.

The Government of India, through the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT), and the Government of Karnataka, through the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB), have taken up the development of the IndustrialTownshipatVasanthanarsapura,spreadacross 8500 acres in three phases in Tumakuru district through theprojectSpecialPurposeVehicle(SPV).

The CBIC project includes the development of industrial townships at three nodes: Krishnapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Tumakuru (Karnataka), and Ponneri (TamilNadu).TheTumakurunodehasbeenprioritizedfor development, with an area of 1736.20 acre being identified astheprioritydevelopmentarea.