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Okha Industrial Area Special Investment Region OKHA SSIR OSIR Simar Okha Industrial Area Special Investment Region OKHA SSIR OSIR SIMAR Location Location • The Industrial Area is located in Sutrpada taluka of Junagadh district, spread over an area • The SIR is located in Okhamandal taluka, in the west of Jamnagar district. of 84 sq. km. • Okha is a busy port town situated in north west coast of Saurashtra • Junagadh district is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat. The district is peninsula, at the mouth of Gulf of Kutch surrounded by Rajkot district (north), Porbandar district (north west), Amreli district (east) and the Arabian Sea (south and west). • Located on the road connecting Jamnagar and Okha • The Industrial Area is 84 sq. km. (8,400 hectare) Close proximity to the holy town of Dwarka • Area of the SIR is 196 sq km (19600 hectare) Connectivity Connectivity Road Rail Port Road Airport Port Existing Existing Existing Existing Existing Existing • NH 8E from Veraval to Bhavnagar via • Una Railway station is 3 km on the north • Nearest ports are Veraval (69 km), Diu Kodinar and Una passes through the and Delvada Railway station is located (18 km) and Pipavav (60 km). • NH8 and SH6 bound the south and • Jamnagar airport is 100 km away. • A number of minor ports are located delineated site. within the SIR site. west sides of the proposed site. • Airstrip at Mithapur, 5 km away. within a radius of 100 km. • SH 98 connecting Kodinar and Una via • Meter gauge line • NH8 Ext. passes through the district of • Nearest International Airport at • Bedi, Okha and Sikka are intermediate Delvada and Mandvi. (Veraval-Talala-Delvada) passes close to Airport Jamnagar, connecting Somnath – Ahmedabad. ports while Salaya, Jodiya, Pidara, Bet the site. Porbandar– Dwarka. (Dwarka) are minor ports. Proposed Existing Proposed • Okhamandal is connected with Rail • Sikka is an all-weather direct berthing • Widening of existing highways. • Nearest international airport is Jamnagar by SH6 which passes port connected by rail and road (SH-92) • Broad gauge line from Veraval to Ahmedabad, 350 km away. through the town of Khambhaliya. Existing to Jamnagar. Pipavav port. • Diu is the nearest domestic airport. • Okha port is connected by SH6A and • The site is connected to Delhi-Okha • Delvada Railway station to be 6B to Jamnagar & Porbandar. • Rajkot domestic airport, 275 km away. Western Rail Route via Jamnagar. enhanced for better logistics support. • Hapa Junction is a convenient railhead on broad gauge terminus connecting Utilities Potential Sectors Okha & Porbandar. Power • Cement • Chemicals & Specialty Chemicals Utilities Major Units (near the SIR) Existing • Food Processing • Engineering & Automobile • Nearest substation of 220 KV at Timbi, Water Power 21 km away. Existing Existing • Urban areas in the region source water • Supplied by PGVCL. from Sani dam, perennial water storage Cement N • GSEC’s 240 MW thermal power station reservoir, 100 km from the site. at Sikka. Engineering W E Non Water Intensive • Water supply for industry is provided by • 75 MW captive power plant of Tata S Chemical GWSSB and individually sourced from Chemicals at Mithapur. Food Processing bore wells and check dams. Residential Commercial Health care & Potential Sectors Institutional Recreation • Marine Biotechnolgy and R&D Logistics • Pharmaceutical Utilities • CRO Existing Habitation • Biotechnology and Biopharma Fishery. Existing Water Bodies • Auto and Auto Ancilliaries Existing Plantation • Mineral based Industries Settlement Self • Tourism Expansion area • Food Processing Delineated Boundary Existing Railwayline Road.
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