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Haryana’s ambitious Panchgram INFRASTRUCTURE

project to build five super smart

cities along KMP Expressway sar Urban Complex. Accordingly, Exresswat falls in Haryana. Out of war Highway. This will bring more
prosperity to Haryana, said Vipul
the total length of 21five kms, as
the area from Manesar towards
Rewari as well as the areas around much as 13five kms falls in Haryana Goel.
Pataudi will also be incorporated state and the rest of around 80 kms The industrial corridor
in the new project. Meanwhile the in Utar Pradesh (UP). In Haryana along the KMP Western Ex -
HSIIDC has issued Request for Pro- the KMP Expressway covers the dis- pressway will be modernised
posal (RFP) for selection of the con- tricts of Sonepat, Jhajjar, Gurugram, and it will have world class
sultant for the project. Mewat and Palwal. Areas on both facilities. The minister said that the
According to the RFP, the au - sides of the Expressway are pro- micro, small and medium category
thority has also decided to prepare posed to be developed by the Har- of industries are the backbone of
a master plan for a new Green - yana government in the PPP mode the industrial sector. These units
field city adjoining Gurugram to be for the Panchgram project. actually strengthen the entire eco-
spread over a huge areas encom- Goel is excited about the KMP system of the region and are very
passing five hectare. Accordingly, Expressway and the Panchgram important, he said.
the master plan will include review project. According to Goel, in the According to a senior official of
of the existing planning frame - coming days, the KMP Expressway the Haryana government, the new
work, land use, transportation, de- will transform the industrial scene development plan of Haryana will
mographic and socio-economic in Haryana by giving it a big boost. reflect the quality of life which a
characteristics. He says the Manohar Lal Khattar resident if Panchgram region could
The plan will also provide medi- led BJP government in Haryana has expct to lead in the years to come.
um and long-term population pro- provided several facilities to entre- The Haryana master plan will also
jections as well as a concept master define the several zones into new
plan consisting of social infrastruc- townships and cities comprising the
ture requirements, transportation Under panchgram Panchgram region These regions
network plan, land use plan. It will will then be segregated in various
also have zoning regulations, ac- project, the first zones for the purpose of develop-
cording to the request for proposal proposed green ment of the entire region. The pro-
(RFP). ject will be very beneficial to the in-
The selected consultant of the field city will dustrialists as well as businessmen.
all important project will prepare come up close to According to Haryana’s Addi-
the master plan for the new city in tional chief secretary (ACS-indus-
around 6 months. The location of Gurugram and will tries and commerce), Devender
• Prosperity According to the new proposed plan, the industrial corridor along the the new city will to the south of the Singh, the new urban centres of
National Capital Territory (NCT) of be developed on
key Five more KMP Western Expressway will be modernised and it will have world class Panchgram project will open sev-
cities like Delhi and will share its boundary the Public Private eral opportunities for trade and
Gurugram facilities. Also, the master plan 2024 talks about developing areas outside the Gurugram- with the Gurgaon-Manesar urban housing in the state. He said The
will certainly Manesar Urban Complex, writes RAJENDRA KHATRY area in the north and will face the Partnership model KMP and Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal
bring more picturesque Aravalli Hills on the (KGP) Expressway would give these
prosperity to north east. centres good connectivity as well.
the state aryana has launched scenario in Haryana. The present ship (PPP) model. The Panchgram The consultant is still to be se- preneurs to boost the industrial Devender Singh said that Gu-
one of the most ambi- BJP government in Haryana has project will be developed within lected by the Haryana government sector in the state. rugram of Haryana, close to Delhi
tious projects ever with provided facilities to entrepreneurs 2-km of the KMP on both sides of for the project. The government Goel is very hopeful of the highly has a reputed brand value and has
the creation of five su- to give boost to the industrial sector the road. Each city will have a differ- has around six months time to fi- ambitious project undertaken by attracted investments worth crores
H per smart cities along in the state to create five large scale ent name. nalise a consultant. The five new the Haryana government. He said of rupees. Similarly the Panchgram
the 135-km Kundli-Manewar-Pal- job opportunities, he said. The five One Gurugram has worked won- cities will be well-connected to the industrial and commercial also which are close to Delhi, will
wal (KMP) Expressway in the Na- proposed cities will take the load ders for Haryana, five such cities the urban centres all around Delhi townships are being set up op on help the state bring major attrac-
tional Capital Region (NCR). The five off Delhi and Gurugram which have will certainly bring more prosperity through National Highways-48, 3300 acres of land at Kharkhoda in tions as well as investments.
super smart cities project, known as become overcrowded. The five cit- to the state, feel experts. The Hary- State Highway 13 and 28 and KMP Sonipat district. He said this would “Also, there is a great demand
‘Panchgram’ will be on the pattern ies will have residential commercial ana State Industrial Infrastructure Expressway. It will also be connect- be an unique township in Haryana. for warehouses and logistic facili-
of Singapore and it will be bigger and industrial sectors for people’s Development Corporation (HSIDC) ed to other major district roads, ac- Another industrial model township ties and traders want to set them
than Chandigarh. convenience. has been given the responsibility to cording to the RFP. has been developed on 1400 acres of outside Delhi,” Devender Singh said
Vipul Goel, Haryana Minister for Under panchgram project, the develop the five cities. According to sources in the HSI- land in Sohna of Gurugram district. while talking about the possible
Industries and commerce said the first proposed green field city will According to the new proposed IDC, procedure of selecting the con- Later, both of these townships opportunities from the ambitious
KMP Expressway and the five cit- come up close to Gurugram. The cit- plan, the government is preparing sultant has already been initiated. will be linked to the KMP Express- project.
ies to be developed alongside will ies have been planned to be devel- a new master plan 2024 to develop Bids have also been invited. It is not way. In fact Sohna township will be
completely change the industrial oped on the Public Private Partner- areas outside the Gurugram-Mane- as if the entire stretch of the KMP linked to the Gururam-Sohna-Al- LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM

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