DMIC Development Corporation (DMICDC) is considering setting up gas based power projects along the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor.

DMICDC is likely to set up six gas based power projects with a combined capacity of about 10,000 MW along the industrial corridor. The proposed plants are likely to be set up along the GAIL's Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur and Dahej-Vijaipur pipelines, which fall on the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor.

Of the total, two each are to come up in Maharashtra and Gujarat; and one each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. This includes 1,200 MW plant at Banswara in Rajasthan, 1,000 MW plant near Guna in Madhya Pradesh and about 1,000-MW each power plants in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

The land acquisition process of the proposed plants has already been completed and other necessary clearances, including environmental clearance, are being taken from respective government agencies. In Maharashtra the plants are to come up at in Indapur industrial estate near Pune and in Vile Bhagad industrial estate in Raigad district. The Maharashtra Government has allotted 151 ha in Indapur industrial estate and 64 ha in Vile Bhagad industrial estate for the proposed projects. DMICDC has signed an agreement with GAIL for sourcing of 24 mmscmd of gas.