Raichuru …Thermal Powerhouse of the State Overview
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Raichuru …thermal powerhouse of the state Overview Raichuru can be traced back to 3rd Century BC. It has been under the rule of the Satavahanas, Chalukyas of Badami, Cholas, Vijayanagara Empire. Raichura was a part of the Nizam of Hyderabad’s rule and was a part of the Hyderabad Introduction State till the re-organisation of State on 1st November 1956. ► Situated in the eastern part of Karnataka ► Divided into 5 administrative District 8,386 Raichuru Area divisions- Devadurga, Lingasugur, Headquarter sq. kilometre Manvi, Raichur and Sindhanur ► Second largest district in terms of 15° 09' to 16° 34’ N Average area latitude 658 75° 46‘ to 77° 35‘ E Location Normal millimetres ► Sindanur and Manvi Taluks are Rainfall known for their superior quality rice longitude fields and paddy cultivation 45oC ► Established trading market for the Tungabhadra, maximum Temperature Rivers cotton industry 18oC Krishna ► An important commercial and minimum industrial centre ► One of the few places in India with 1,000 228 Population gold resources Density Sex Ratio females per 1,000 persons per sq.km males ► Raichuru Thermal Power Station provides a large portion of the electricity generation in Karnataka Population 59.56 Literacy Rate 19.24 lakhs (as per Census percent 2011) Page 2 District Profile : Raichuru Economy ► GDDP is INR 16,715 Crore in the year 2014 -15 (at Current Raichuru District’s Contribution to GDDP of Karnataka (2014- Prices) 15)- at current prices ► Urbanisation in the district is 25% compared to 39% in the Description INR Crores Contribution state (%) ► Raichuru devotes over 50% of its land for cultivation; Total District GDP 16,715 1.8 ► Agro and allied activities along with textiles form the major industry in the district, followed by repair and service industry Primary 4,364 3.6 ► Pulses, paddy and jowar are the major crops that are grown here Secondary 2,486 1.2 ► Market and sub market yards at Raichur and Deodar administrative divisions are famous for the sale of agricultural and Tertiary 8,208 1.6 cotton products. Source: Economic Survey of Karnataka 2016-17 * Provisional figures Key Economic Indicator 2% District Per capita Income (in INR)* Forests 2014-15 40% Cultivable land 2013-14 58% 2012-13 Other land 0 40,000 80,000 Source: KSDA (raitamitra.kar.nic.in) Source: Economic Survey of Karnataka Land Utilisation * Provisional figures Page 3 District Profile : Raichuru Agriculture Profile Area under Major Crops (Ha) Major Crops Thrust Areas Cotton 1,04,970 •Paddy, Bajra, Sorghum, •Milk and poultry are thrust areas Cotton •More than 100 rice milling Oilseeds 64,839 Pulses: Red gram, horse industries • Vegetables 2,453 gram, Bengal gram, •Total cropped area: 5,85,707 Ha green gram and cowpea •Area sown more than once: Fruits 2,526 •Vegetables: Brinjal, Chilli, 90,718 Ha Pulses 38,535 Cucumber, Gourds, Leafy vegetables Wheat 656 •Fruits: Sweet lime, Maize 328 mango, pomegranates, papaya Bajra 46,275 Jowar 76,744 Paddy 1,62,580 Source: Raichuru District at a Glance 2015-16 Key Enablers •Exports agricultural products to European countries •APMC yards- 2 units of KSWC Ltd. And KMF •Multipurpose cold storage of 5,000 MT capacity in the district Page 4 District Profile : Raichuru Industry Profile ► 7 large and medium scale industries with an employment of 7,055 Key Players people ► Hutti Gold Mine Co. Ltd. ► 10,332 small scale units with aggregated investment of INR 1,07,754.45 ► Vishal Cotspin Ltd. lakhs and an employment of 4,99,912 people ► Surana Group ► Koganti Power ► Major industries include gold mining, power generation, solvent extraction, Ltd. ► Raichur Thermal oilseeds and oil refining, petrochemical products and cotton spinning Powerplat Corporation Ltd. ► Shilpa Medicare Limited •KPCL Thermal Power • Projects for Station at Raichuru • Leather products manufacturing pig iron, generates 48% of the cluster activity in integrated steel plant, power supply of the state Raichuru administrative power generation and •1,720 MW Raichur division ore pelletizing have Natural Resources Thermal Power Station is • Established trading been approved by High ISO 14001-2004 certified market for cotton Level Committee (HLC) ► Gold for its environment industry protection measures • Proposed Special ► Copper •KPC to invest INR 2,016 • More than 15% SSI Industrial Zone for steel ► Iron units are engaged in by GoK crores to establish a solar ► Feldspar textile based activities • Presence of gold photo voltaic power plant ► Granite with a capacity of 3 MW resources ► Sandstone Iron and ► Limestone Energy Textiles Steel, Gold ► Quartz Page 5 District Profile : Raichuru Industry Profile Clusters Industrial Infrastructure Major Exportable Item Rice Mills in Raichur & Sindhanur Bulk Drugs administrative divisions 5 Industrial Area Name Extent Potential Sectors (acres) Fly Ash Bricks & Blocks, Rice and rice products, Dal and Dal products, Oil milling, Edible oil extraction, Cement and Cement Raichuru 155 based products, Poles, Stone cutting, polishing and crushing, Raichuru Growth 1,746 Cotton Ginning, Power looms, Woolen products, Leather products, Paper & Paper products, Fuel Briquettes Devasugur 215 Devdurga (under 28.29 progress) 200 9 10 150 6 Manvi (under 60 100 5 1 progress) SLSWCC approved 50 00 0 130 177 Projects b/w 2013-14 0 0 0 to 2016-17 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 4 Industrial Estates Investment (in INR crore) No of Projects Name Extent (acres) 200 156 1.5 150 Yaramara 10 1 1 SHLCC2 approved 100 projects b/w 2013- Raichuru 25 50 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 14 to 2016-17 Lingasugur 5 0 0 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Sindhnur 21.19 0 Investment (in INR crores) No of Projects 1State Level Single Window Clearance Committee 2State High Level Clearance Committee Page 6 District Profile : Raichuru Support Infrastructure Rail ► Well connected by a Broadgauge line with many important cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, New Delhi, Coimbotture, Trivandrum ► 5799 kms of total road length Road ► 483 kms are State Highways ► 664.15 kms are Major district roads Airport ► Hyderabad airport located 200kms away from Raichuru city ► Bengaluru airport located 458 kms away from Raichuru city Port ► Mangaluru port is located 593 kms away from Raichuru city ► Krishna and Tungabhadra are the main two rivers in the district Water ► Average demand: 15 MLD (industry), 35 MLD (domestic) ► Average consumption: 15 MLD (industry), 55 MLD (domestic) ► Total supply capacity: 70 MLD ► Distribution done by Gulbarga Electicity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) Power ► Raichuru Thermal Power Station with a capacity of 1,720 MW is the main source of electricity ► Average demand: 120 MW (both industries and domestic) ► Consumption: 90 MU (industry), 80 MU (domestic) Page 7 District Profile : Raichuru Social Infrastructure Educational Institutions Schools University of Agricultural Sciences HKE Society’s PU Colleges SLN College of Engineering General Degree Lakshmi Allopathic Colleges Venkatesh Desai College- Hospitals LVD Medical Colleges Indian System of Medicine Hospitals Polytechnic Colleges Private Hospitals including Nursing Homes SJMIT College Engineering Colleges of Engineering Primary Health Source: Raichuru District at a Glance 2015-16 Centres The district has excellent social infrastructure, Community Health with a high number of educational institutions and healthcare facilities. Centres Source: Raichuru District at a Glance 2015-16 There are opportunities for more technical institutions to be set up in the district. Healthcare Facilities Page 8 District Profile : Raichuru Tourism Raichur Fort Ek Minar ki Masjid Unique fort known for its construction with huge blocks of well-dressed and Popular mosque built in Persian nicely fitted stones without the aid of architectural style, comprising of a any cementing material two stories 20m high minaret Naradagadde Attractive island in Krishna river, Bichal famous for being the site where Guru Village famous for the Matha of Sri Sri Narada Maharishi got Saviradevaru Channaveera consecrated while worshipping Shivacharya Swami Narayana Maski Devasugur Archaeological site where minor rock famous for Sugureshwara or edicts of Emperor Ashoka were Veerabhadra Temple, which holds an discovered annual ‘jatra’ Koormagadde Jami Masjid Famous for the Dattatreya Peetha Beautiful mosque with grand edifice and for the samadhi of having two entrances and six gigantic Sripadavallabha Swami pillars. Also has a cemetery belonging to the Adil Shahi dynasty Page 9 District Profile : Raichuru Shelf of Projects Projects Projects ► Railway line project ► New MSME industries connecting in Agro- Processing Munirabad- Sector and Textiles Mehboobnagar- Raichuru- INR 1351 ► Upcoming crores P establishments- P Yermaras Thermal ► Truck terminal at Power Project 500 Raichuru MW ► Part of the NEKRTC* project *North East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation Page 10 District Profile : Raichuru Key Contacts Additonal Chief Secretary to Government Commissioner for Industrial Development Commerce & Industries Department Director of Industries and Commerce # 106, 1st Floor, Vikasa Soudha, Dr. Ambedkar No. 49, South Block, Khanija Bhavan Veedhi, Bengaluru 560 001, India. Race Course Road Bengaluru 560 001, India. Phone: +91 80 2225 2443 Phone: +91 80 2238 6796 Visit us at: www.investkarnataka.co.in Email:[email protected] Visit us at: www.investkarnataka.co.in Chief Executive Officer and Executive Member Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board Chief Executive Officer, 4th & 5th Floor, East Wing, Race Course Road, Invest Karnataka Forum Bengaluru 560 001, India. 3rd Floor, Khanija Bhavan (East Wing), No.49, Phone: +91 80 2226 5383, 2226 7900 Race Course Road, Bengaluru 560 001, India Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Visit us at: www.kiadb.in Managing Director, Karnataka Udyog Mitra The Joint Director, 3rd Floor, Khanija Bhavan (East Wing), No.49, Race District Industries Centre Course Road, Bengaluru 560 001, India. Hyderabad Road, Ph : 91-80-2228 2392, 2228 5659; 2238 1232 Raichur - 584 101. Email : [email protected] Off Ph: 08532-235646 Fax: 235811 Visit us at: www.kumbangalore.com E-mail: [email protected] Page 11 District Profile : Raichuru.