DMIC Development Corporation to set up six gas-based power projects of about 12,000 megawatt capacity each along the corridor

The DMIC Development Corporation, which is developing the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, today said that it would set up six gas-based power projects of about 12,000 megawatt capacity each along the corridor."We will set up 6 gas-based power projects, of which, two power plants will come up in Maharashtra, two in Gujarat and one each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan," Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) CEO Amitabh Kant told reporters here on the sidelines of a CII conference.This includes 1200-mw plant at Banswara, Rajasthan, 1,000-mw plant near Guna in Madhya Pradesh and about 2,000-MW power plants in Gujarat.

DMIC Development Corporation Chief Executive also said that land acquisition process of the proposed plants have been completed and other necessary clearances, including environmental clearance, are being taken from respective government agencies.The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is a mega infrastructure project, covering an overall length of 1,483 km between the National capital and the business capital and entails an investment of over $90 billion.

The corridor is being developed in collaboration with the Japanese government as a global manufacturing and trading hub. The first phase of the industrial corridor is slated for completion in 2018.

Talking about the fuel requirement of the plants, Kant said that an agreement with GAIL has been signed recently for sourcing of 24 million standard cubic meters of gas per day (MSCMD).

The proposed plants will be set up along the GAIL's Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur and Dahej-Vijaipur pipelines, which falls on the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, he added.Besides this, the DMICDC is also developing seven new environment friendly cities spanning Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Rajasthan in Phase-I at an estimated investment of about Rs 40,000-50,000 crore, Kant said.