Auric expansion: Industries seek mass rapid transport system, eway
These demands were presented during a discussion with Amardeep Singh Bhatia, secretary of the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT), who visited AURIC on Saturday.
Office-bearers from the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA) and other industry bodies also advocated for a dedicated logistics hub and the establishment of a national-level educational institution within Auric.
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tsav Machhar, President of CMIA, emphasised the need for robust infrastructure to support AURIC's growth as a manufacturing hub. "Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar currently lacks an efficient public transport system. With AURIC poised to generate significant employment, a MRTS is essential to facilitate commuting between the city and the industrial hub. Such a system needs to be planned well in advance," he said.
Machhar also emphasized on the urgency of constructing a Greenfield expressway linking the Shendra-Bidkin nodes of Auric with Pune.
"The expressway would connect two major industrial hubs of Maharashtra. This will facilitate swift movement of both people and cargo," he added.
The CMIA leaders said a logistics hub also needs to be set up on the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi highway. "The Auric, Samruddhi highway, and upcoming dry port at Jalna are three main projects of a larger development plan envisaged by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.
This collective infrastructure needs to be augmented with the logistics hub," the CMIA said.
Setting up an IIT, business school, or school of planning and architecture at AURIC, road connectivity covering Shendra-Bidkin-Waluj-Samruddhi expressway, and improved air connectivity for Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar are some of the demands the industry bodies put forth before the DPIIT secretary.
While the Aurangabad Industrial City Auric) is a greenfield industrial smart city taking shape over 10,000 acres of area as a part of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), the DPIIT secretary on Saturday announced an additional 10,000 acres of land for the expansion of the project.
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