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The tender proceedings for the infrastructure improvement of Palakkad Smart City (Integrated Manufacturing Cluster), the archetypal node of the Kochi-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor, has been completed. The operation declaration was awarded to a associated task floated betwixt Dilip Buildcon Limited and PSP Projects Limited. With this, Kerala has go the archetypal State to implicit the infrastructure improvement procedures for the 12 concern corridor-smart metropolis projects sanctioned crossed the state past year, said a property merchandise from the Chief Minister’s office.
The declaration is estimated to beryllium ₹1,316.13 crore including GST. The operation enactment volition statesman soon. The full estimation for the Palakkad Smart City task is ₹3,600 crore. The State authorities had spent ₹1,489 crore done Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) 2 years agone for onshore acquisition. A full of 1,450 acres of onshore has already been acquired.
The onshore presently held by KINFRA is being transferred to the corridor improvement corp successful phases. In the archetypal phase, 110 acres of onshore was transferred successful December past twelvemonth and 220 acres of onshore successful March. The Union authorities had transferred ₹313.5 crore successful 2 phases. It was decided successful August 2019 to widen the Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor to Kochi and physique the Kochi-Bangalore Industrial Corridor. In September 2020, Kerala started the procedures for implementing the project, successful which the State and Union governments person adjacent participation.
The improvement activities of Palakkad Smart City are coordinated by the Kerala Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited (KICDC), a peculiar intent conveyance formed by KINFRA and the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT).
