The vision is to create strong economic base with globally competitive environment and state-of-the-art infrastructure to activate local commerce, enhance foreign investments and attain sustainable development. DMIC region covers a combination of well developed, moderately developed and under developed industrial areas with varying natural resources, human skills and with or without quality physical and social infrastructure.
DMICDC provides India a unique opportunity to adopt futuristic smart city concept of minimal pollution, maximum recycling and reuse of finite resources, optimization of energy supplies and consumption-efficient use of public transportation in its new cities. The Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI) Government of Japan is making available to DMICDC, Japanese expertise for development of small communities. METI, through its Japanese consultants shall identify and implement various environmental sustainable projects within the DMIC region.
The roadmap for the implementation of the Smart Community Projects is as follows:
(1) Commissioning of feasibility studies through Japanese consultants to be financed by METI in 2010.
(2) Based on the Report, the Japanese Consortiums would start demo projects by the end of 2010, again funded by Government of Japan.
(3) After these experiments are successfully implemented, the Japanese Government would invite private investment through leading companies for implementation by 2011.
(4) The commercially non-viable trunk infrastructure, if any, would be supported by ODA funding through JICA.
The following Nodes in consultation with the Japanese Consortiums have been identified for the proposed pilot feasibility studies:
Dahej, Gujarat:
Hitachi: Supervise, Smart Grid, Information Technology, Water Treatment
Itochu Corpn: Water Treatment, Recycle, Solar Power
Kyocera: Solar Panel
Tokyo Electric Power Co.: Smart Grid
Hyflux: Water Treatment
EX Corp. Waste Recycling
Kitakyushu City Waste Recycling
Changodar, Gujarat:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: Supervise, Power supply, Renewable Energy, Urban Transportation,
Recycle.
Mitsubishi Corp. Finance, Information Technology
J-Power: Power Supply
Mitsubishi Electric: Power Supply, Renewable Energy, Urban Transportation
Mitsubishi Research Institute: FS
Sendra Industrial Region, Maharashtra
JGC Corp: Supervise, Concept
Mitsubishi Corp: Water, FS Supervise
Nikken Sekkei: Urban Planning Consultation
IBM Japan: Information Technology
Ebara Engineering: Water Treatment, Recycling Water
Yokohama City: Water Consultation
Manesar Bawal region, Haryana
Toshiba: - Supervise, Smart Grid, Water, Storage Battery
NEC: - Logistics System
Tokyo Gas: - Regional Heat Supply System
Recognizing the fact that increased industrial activities due to the project would imply additional burden on land, water and air and other environmental resources, which are already under tremendous pressure due to current urban & industrial development in the region, DMICDC has already made an endeavour to integrate the sustainability aspects by introducing proven environmental planning and technological interventions at the planning stage itself so that they can be implemented in harmony with the proposed industrial development in the investment nodes of DMIC.
India: DMICDC, state Governments & Japanese Consultants SIGN MOUs
Special Correspondent - 2010-04-30 10:59
New Delhi: The Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) between Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC), State Governments (Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra) and Japanese Consultants was signed here today, in the presence of Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Mr. Masayuki Naoshima, Japanese Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry. The signing ceremony was attended by senior officials from both the countries, representatives from State Governments and business partners from Japan.