Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) will acquire 23,054 acre to set up 33 projects in the state.

These projects include petrochemical hub at Panipat, IMTs at Faridabad, Manakpur or Jagadhri, Roz-ka-Meo and Rohtak (phase-II), Kharkhoda (phase-I) and industrial estates at Rohtak Kutana and Dharuhera. Other projects are Express Highway, expansion of industrial estates at Rai, Barwala, Barhi, IMT Manesar, development of industrial-cum-service centre at Sirsa, development of residential sectors in Sonipat, construction of roads and disposal channels in some areas of the state, a spokesman of the HSIIDC said on Monday.

HSIIDC has entered into joint venture agreements with six developers for setting up of prestigious special economic zones (SEZs) or public private partnership projects in the state. These projects involved an investment ranging from Rs 1132.44 crore to Rs 1282.44 crore and would generate employment for 18.20 lakh people.

He said the HSIIDC has already developed infrastructure projects over 14344.24 acre. He said that these projects included Reliance Haryana SEZ at Gurgaon and Jhajjar by Reliance Ventures Ltd; another Reliance Haryana SEZ at Jhajjar by the same company; Unitech Haryana SEZ at Sonepat-Kundli by Unitech Ltd; DLF SEZ at Gurgaon by DLF Ltd; DLF SEZ at Ambala by DLF Ltd; Nanocity in Panchkula district by Nanoworks Developers Ltd; European Tech. Park at Faridabad by Dutch Haryana Business Consortium.

The Corporation is developing technology parks under the campus development scheme at IMT Manesar, Panchkula and Industrial Estate at Rai. The Corporation has allotted 120 acre to 12 parties at IMT Manesar under the scheme.

A number of developers as well as anchor IT units are keen to set up the units in the technology parks being developed by the Corporation under the scheme.

He said the Corporation had received more than 7,000 applications for allotment of industrial plots in various industrial estates. After the completion of allotment process during the next six months, these projects would catalyse an investment of more than Rs 2, 000 crore.

The Corporation had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation for setting up of petrochemical hub for downstream industries at Panipat. HSIIDC has allotted 600 acre to Maruti Udyog Ltd at IMT, Manesar, he added.