SKIL Infra to develop Rs 13,000 cr SEZ in Oman

SKIL plans to set up a multi-product SEZ in Sohar port in Oman. SKIL would have 49 per cent stake in the SEZ while Sohar port and Rotterdam port would have the rest.        

"We are setting up a multi-product SEZ in Sohar port in Oman at an investment of Rs 13,000 crore-Rs 14,000 crore," Horizon Countrywide Logistics Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Khera told PTI.        

Horizon Countrywide Logistics is a subsidiary of SKIL and Khera is looking after the multi-product SEZ.        

Sohar Port is located 240 km northwest of the Omani capital Muscat. The multi-product SEZ, which would be launched by the end of this year, would be spread over 11,000 acres. This is the second SEZ coming up in Oman, Khera said.