• The Union cabinet approved Industrial Corridor nodes at Krishnapatnam and Tumakuru      under CBIC recently
• It is one of the five industrial corridors coming up in India under the aegis of National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT)
• These projects have been planned on the backbone of multi modal connectivity infrastructure.
• Krishnapatnam Industrial Area in Andhra Pradesh and Tumakuru Industrial Area in Karnataka under Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) have been approved to kick start the development in Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor Project.
• These greenfield industrial cities will be self-sustained with world-class infrastructure, road and rail connectivity for freight movement to and from ports and logistic hubs along with reliable power and quality social infrastructure.
• The strategy to develop CBIC is part of the plan to achieve accelerated development, regional industry agglomeration in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and to facilitate development of a well-planned and efficient industrial base by providing smooth access to the industrial production units,
• Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Study Team undertook the Preliminary Study for Comprehensive Integrated Master Plan for Chennai- Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) and a total 25 priority projects across various sectors aimed at removing infrastructural                     bottlenecks were identified in their report.

Following three nodes were taken up for Master Planning          under JICA assistance:

• Tumkur (Karnataka)
• Ponneri ( Tamil Nadu)
• Krishnapatnam ( Andhra Pradesh)