L & T and Ramboll Consulting Engineers Limited have prepared a conceptual master plan for the 300 sq km extent of Mangalore Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) and the final pre-feasibility report has been cleared in the Cabinet, said Karnataka State Industrial Investment and Development Corporation Ltd Chairman N Yogish Bhat.

Addressing a press meet here on Sunday, he said PCPIR will come up in a total of 74,131 acres of land. The first phase of PCPIR (2008-2014) will deal with the establishment of MSEZ with feed stock from MRPL. The existing projects like MCFL with its proposed expansion projects will be part of this phase. About 550 acres of news sites for industrial projects is also proposed in this phase.

In the second phase (2015 to 2020), a total of 28,441 acres of land will be utilised. The contiguous land has been identified for processing area. This will develop into Petrochemical and Chemical cluster. Pharma and fertiliser sector have also been identified for development in this phase.

By the commencement of the third phase (2021-2026), the region would have well established with infrastructure and would enable PCPIR expansion beyond the core hub formed by Phase 1 and II. In the third phase, a total of 22,228 acres of land will be utilised.

Project cost

Mr Bhat informed that the total project cost for providing external linkage (national highway, state highway, power, water supply, telecome, Padubidri port) to PCPIR is estimated to be Rs 46 billion. It has been proposed to increase NMPT’s current capacity of 38 MMTPA to 60 MMTPA in a span of next few years at an estimated cost of Rs 6846 crore. An all weather port is proposed at Padubidri for handling handling large cargo generated from the PCPIR.

Water supply

He said that the total demand for water for PCPIR would be 641 MLD per day. This will include industrial process water, domestic water, fire extinguishing, green belt maintenance etc. It has been proposed to source water from Gurpura and Mulki rivers for the new developments in PCPIR.

Economic capital

The establishment of PCPIR will make DK an economic capital of the state. DK will get Rs one lakh crore investment with the PCPIR and will provide employment opportunity for 10 lakh people over 15 years time. Majority of the identified land for PCPIR is a waste land, he added.

He also informed that KSIIDC has been appointed as the nodal agency. Though five states are competing for PCPIR, we are hopeful of getting it sanctioned from the Centre, he added.