The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given environmental clearance to three investment zones on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

The approval was accorded on 30 July, 2014. Projects which were cleared are — Dholera special investment region in Gujarat; Manesar-Bawal investment region in Haryana; and Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana investment region in Rajasthan.

The Dholera investment region plans to build electronics, pharmaceuticals, automobile general manufacturing, agro and food processing and tourism sectors. The Manesar-Bawal region will take up projects related to engineering, technology, future technology, consumer products and service sectors. The Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana investment region will deal with metal products, and consumer-oriented sectors.

MoEF’s statutory appraisal panel also finalised the terms of reference for the Dighi Port industrial area in Maharashtra and the Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow investment region in Madhya Pradesh.

All these are on the dedicated freight corridor (DFC) part of DMIC, which aims to develop industrial zones between Delhi and Mumbai, covering 1,483 km through six states.