As a major highlight, Maharashtra State’s First Food-Park in Butibori Nagpur is being set up by MAIDC Mumbai with assistance from Department of agriculture Government of Maharashtra and MFPI Government of India.

Butibori developed on 2312 hectares of land, is rapidly emerging as a textile zone with the presence of major textile units such as the Indorama Synthetic (l) Ltd. with the construction of common efficient Treatment Plant, it is expected that the Textile industry will receive further boost at Butibori. To provide superior infrastructure, a five star industrial Zone has come up on 270 hectares within the Butibori Industrial Area. This five star Zone is sought to be expanded further in future.

To make this industrial estate a model one , provision of Residential and Commercial Zones has been made with their attendant facilities within the industrial area, to take care of the housing needs of the workers and the executives in the form of transit accommodations, dormitories and residential quarters. Additionally the CIDCO too has started its housing scheme in the area. A single Window scheme office of the state Government Departments.

As if the superb infrastructure and locational advantages are not sufficient, the state Government offers an exciting array of incentives to industries coming up here, that too on a scale higher than other areas of state.

The proposed Butibori SEZ is located near Nagpur, the winter capital of Maharashtra. Nagpur city is well connected by rail, road and air to all major cities in India, and boast of well-developed industrial and social infrastructure.

The presence of such internationally reputed names like M/s Indorama Synthetics, Woolworth, ElectroluxVoltas, KEC Internatonal, Morarji Brehmna, ACC Nihon & Grindwell Norton in Nagpur, bears testimony to its success as a major industrial center.

The city offers the best in terms of quality skilled manpower, established commercial and residential zones, postal services, banks, medical and educational facilities etc.

An air cargo terminal being proposed at Nagpur and the proximity to the existing, well-developed Butibori Industrial Area, along with all the above factor will definitely set the Butibori SEZ on its way to success.

Convenient location and accessibility Butibori Industrial Area is situated 15 Kms from the Nagpur Airport, which is connected by direct flights to Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Bhubaneshwar and Raipur. Plans are also afoot to turn Nagpur into an Air Cargo Hub The nearest railway station is Butibori which is 1 Km away from the industrial area Butibori railway station is located on a stretch of railway line, which is the intersection of the North-South and East-West grand trunk lines, criss-crossing the country Butibori Indusrial Area lies on the Nagpur-Hyderabad National Highway and the Delhi-Chennai National Highway just 27 Kms away from Nagpur city, the second capital of the state of Maharashtra and one of the important cities in central India, which is almost infrastructure. MIDC has selected 2439.17 hectares of land for Butibori Industrial area 2345.66 hectares of land already been acquired and 1024 hectares have been reserved for Special Economic Zone.

With the main objective to promote industrial growth and attract foreign direct investment, MIDC has fully developed the Butibori Indusrial Area and all efforts are being made to make this park one of its kind. Various corporate have started setting up base, ever since plot allotment started. Today, the number of industries operating in the area is around 100, with around 35 under construction. Butibori Industrial Area spans a total area of 1500 hectares.

REL is setting up a 165 Mw gas fired plant at the Thane-Belapur industrial area and a 130 Mw coal fired plant at Butibori industrial area near Nagpur. The cost of setting up the two plants would be to the tune of Rs. 1,000 crore.

The Thane Plant will cater to 566 industrial consumers and Butibori to 194.

Addressing the media, Mr J.P. Chalasani, Director (Business Development), REL, said the Butibori plant would be set up in three years and the Thane-Belapur plant in two and half years. Natural gas for the Thane-Belapur plant would be made available either through the upcoming GAIL or through the NTPC pipeline.

Since merging of Vidarbha into Maharashtra state, however, its economic importance has slowly eroded. Due to prolonged period of neglect by Maharashtra government, it did not attract much industrial investment. During this period the biggest source of employment in the city were the various state and central government offices.

The major ones among them are tractor manufacturing plant of Mahindra and Mahindra, the casting units of NECO Ltd., the country’s biggest casting group, besides units of International Combustions, Bajaj group, Candico, Ajanta toothbrushes and Vicco Laboratories.

The Inland Container Depot at Nagpur being run by container Corporation of India (CONCOR) is among the fastest growing in the country.

Although the township project is currently planned on a 300-acre area, Mantri Realty plans to acquire another 100 acres and increase the area of the township. The integrated township project will have all the modern amenities, service apartments, premium and budget residential apartments, entertainments zone and shopping malls.