The Union Cabinet has approved the development of trunk infrastructure components for integrated multi modal logistics hub (IMLH) known as Freight Village under Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project.

The hub will be located at Nangal Chaudhary in Haryana and will spread over 886.78 acre of land to be implemented by the project special purpose vehicle (SPV) in two phases.

Phase-I will be implemented by financial year 2020-21. Phase-II of the project will be reappraised in 2028 or earlier, if so required, for suitable financial sanctions.

The project has received a financial sanction of Rs 1,029.42 crore for development of Phase-I and in principle approval for development of Phase II.

The expenditure on Phase-I comprises cost of entire land at Rs 266 crore, including the cost of land to be used for development of Phase-II.

The National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT) will make an investment of Rs 763.49 crore which includes Rs 266 crore as equity and Rs 497.49 crore as debt in the SPV.

The project is estimated to generate over 4,000 direct and 6,000 indirect employment.

An SPV has been incorporated for implementation of the project as a 50:50 joint venture (JV) of the government of India through NICDIT and the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation (HSIDC) under the name DMIC Haryana Multi Modal Logistic Hub Project.

The Freight Village will be connected through Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) at Dabla, which is at a distance of approximately 10 km. This logistics hub integrated with the DFC will have components like real time freight tracking and data analysis, high speed connectivity to key ports and industrial centres, improved service quality, among others.