Reliance SEZ in Haryana to have airport, rail and metro links

New Delhi, May 7 (UNI) The 10,000-hectare Reliance Special Economic Zone, billed to be the largest in the country, with connectivity to the Kundali-Maneswar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway in Haryana and the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway, will have its own airport and rail-line.

The plan, according to Reliance Industries, includes internal development of roads, water supply, power generation and supply and sewerage. The SEZ will have its own power generation plant meeting its requirements of 400 MW. However, in the initial stages of development, the power requirements will have to be met by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)/power grid.

The layout of the Rs 25,000 crore SEZ will be such that it caters to the basic, social, industrial and residential infrastructure in a manner that each of the areas would be sulf-sufficient in terms of the basic amenities of banks, schools, post offices, police and transport infrastructure. Besides the investment by the developers, the third party investment is estimated to cross Rs 100,000 crore generating exports worth Rs 50,000 crore and creating employment of 200,000.

''There would be approach roads from both the National Expressway and the KMP Expressway. It is estimated that these approach roads would range from 45 to 120 meters and would be of international standard'', the company sources said.

The National Capital Region (NCR) includes Delhi and its satellite towns. One third of Haryana is part of the NCR plan.

Gurgaon, Rohtak, Panipat and Faridabad are some of the key districts that have to be developed as part of the NCR.

While Faridabad and Gurgaon has the existing industrial hubs of the State, Maneswar has been developed as a new industrial centre and plans are on way to establish an Industrial township there.

According to Reliance Industries, the Haryana Government proposes to extend Metro Rail Link from Delhi to Manesar. This would provide for linkage to the proposed SEZ also.

The whole area will be divided into a number of identified activity centres of different sizes. Standardised modules of the plots within the proposed activity mix will be developed allowing flexibility in planning to accommodate future development.

As per the Master Plan, the entire SEZ is being conceived as a Multi-Product zone with an ensemble of industrial clusters. An area up to 20 per cent of the total land area would be allocated to the commercial segment. Essentially this includes the service industry and would primarily consist of units that are in the area of IT, ITES and Business Process Outsourcing.

Since the size of the SEZ would have a population of about four lakhs, there would be shopping malls, complexes or local shopping centres. An area of about three per cent of the total land will be allocated to this requirement.

The residential area would comprise of 15 per cent of the total land area and would cater to the three classes of housing- A, B and C. It is proposed that in addition to Reliance, other external agencies would be asked to take on the development and construction.

A world class medical facility will be built for promoting medical tourism from Europe. Separate land will be allocated for establishment of educational institutions such as schools, colleges and universities to cater to the growing needs of the population.

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