Industrial Infrastructure

Suvarna Karnataka Development Corridor
Programme: accelerating industrial growth
► New Industrial Policy, 2009-14 directed development
of 5 major corridors in Karnataka, proposing to cover
11 district headquarters and 20 major towns along
highways, major roads, and rail links
► Industrial corridors provide infrastructure support in
energy, rail, road linkages, free trade zones, inland
container depots, and urban infrastructure.
► Suvarna Karnataka Development Corridor
programmeconnects most of the Tier II cities through a
network of highways, cluster development in
designated zones.
► Under the SKDC programme, the potential areas in
the vicinity of the corridor (25 km on both sides of the
corridor) will be developed for industrial
clusters, townships, satellite towns and sector specific
industrial 5 major industrial zones. corridors: 1)Tumkur - Honnavar via Shimoga 2) Chitradurga – Mangalore via
Shimoga – Udipi 3) Bidar – Gulbarga – Bellary – Hiriyur 4)Chitradurga – Hospet – Koppal– Raichur 5)
Chitradurga – Hospet – Bagalkot - Bijapur
Investment Zones For 10 Industries along SKDC
Industry
Districts
Industry
Districts
Steel
Cement
Food
Processing
Bellary, Koppal, Bagalkot, Haveri,
Gadag & Raichur
Gulbarga, Bagalkot, Chitradurga,
Belgaum and others
Bengaluru Rural, Kolar, Belgaum,
Gadag, Koppal, Shimoga, Bagalkot,
Bijapur, Davangere, Mandya and
Dharwad
Readymade
Garments
Sugar and Co. gen
power
Pharmaceutical /
Bio Technology
Bengaluru Rural, Tumkur, Kolar,
Mandya, Belgaum, Bidar, Dharwad
and Others
Bidar, Belgaum, Bagalkot,
Shimoga and Mandya
Bengaluru, Mysore and Hassan
IT / BT
Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli, Dharwad,
Belgaum, Shimoga, Gulbarga, Kolar
and Mandya
Power Generation
Raichur, Bellary, Bijapur &
Chitradurga
Automobile
Ramanagara, Shimoga, Dharwad and
Kolar
Media &
Entertainment
Bengaluru Rural and Ramanagara
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