Cabinet Approves Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for setting up the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) and formation of the AKIC Development Corporation (AKICDC).
The AKIC is proposed to be developed in a band of 150-200 kms on either side of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC), in a phased manner, and would therefore comprise a belt of at least 5.5 lakh square kms in the seven States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has also approved the development of trunk infrastructure for the integrated industrial township at Vikram Udyogpuri in Madhya Pradesh in the Pithampur, Dhar Mhow investment region of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project