New Noida Development Plan | 23 Oct 2024

Why in News?

Recently, the Uttar Pradesh government approved the development of New Noida City to boost residential, industrial, and logistics infrastructure by 2041.

Key Points

  • Location:
    • Spanning 209.11 sq. km, covering 84 villages in Gautam Buddha Nagar and Bulandshahr districts.
  • Features:
  • Phased Development:
    • Phase 1 (2024-2028): Develop arterial roads over 1,432 hectares.
    • Phase 2 (2028-2034): Focus on Northern and Southern zones; develop 3,136 hectares.
    • Phase 3 (2033-2039): Commercial and industrial spaces; develop 5,908 hectares.
    • Phase 4 (2037-2043): Finalize industrial, public spaces, and residential areas.

Multi Modal Logistics Park (MMLP)

  • About:
    • Developed under a ‘Hub & Spoke’ model, the MMLP will integrate multiple modes of freight transport through highways, railways & inland waterways.
    • The Multi Modal Logistic Park project is poised to develop state-of-the-art large scale warehousing facilities for different types of commodities, to become a one stop solution for all services related to cargo movement like warehousing, custom clearance, parking, maintenance of trucks etc.
      • It will have all the facilities like warehouses, railway siding, cold storage, custom clearance house, yard facility, workshops, petrol pumps, truck parking, administrative building, boarding lodging, eating joints, water treatment plant, etc.
  • Focus:
    • The MMLPs will focus on a technology driven implementation for a state-of-the-art freight management system.
      • Many value-added services like packaging, repackaging and labelling will be available in these projects.
    • MMLP will be a freight handling facility for mechanised material handling and value-added services along with other associated facilities.