India's first smart port city to come up at Kandla in Gujarat

Project to attract Rs 10,000-cr investment, Kandla Port Trust to open e-auction notice for industrial plots later this month

The country’s first smart industrial port city (SIPC), coming up near Gandhidham, Kandla, is expected to attract private investments in excess of Rs 10,000 crore.  Kandla Port Trust (KPT) would be focussing on key sectors like furniture, salt based industries and engineeing. E-auction notice for industrial plots is expected to be opened later this month. Spanning 1,425 acres, the SIPC will be developed in two parts, a 580-acre smart urban township and an 845-acre modern industrial zone. The urban township in Adipur-Gandhidham includes development of residential units, commercial complexes and entertainment zones.

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