NHIMCHPL Floats ₹707-Crore EPC Tender for Hisar IMC Trunk Infrastructure

What Was Decided

The NICDC Haryana Integrated Manufacturing Cluster Hisar Project Limited (NHIMCHPL) has floated this tender for the development of trunk infrastructure at the proposed IMC in Hisar under the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC). As per the tender details, the project will be executed on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis and cover the design, construction, testing, commissioning and operation and maintenance of the cluster's trunk infrastructure, with an estimated project cost of Rs 707 crore, excluding operation and maintenance (O&M) costs and GST.

The trunk infrastructure will include internal roads, water supply, sewerage, stormwater drainage among others. This is the first physical-works tender issued for the site since the IMC concept was approved, and it does not itself allot any land to industrial users — it procures the civil works needed before plots can be handed over.

Who Decided It, and Under What Structure

The tender has been issued through the e-tendering process by NHIMCHPL, a special purpose vehicle jointly promoted by the Centre and the Haryana Government for developing trunk infrastructure at the Cluster. NHIMCHPL is the project-execution arm for Hisar IMC under the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) umbrella, which is the body that is responsible for the design as well as implementation of industrial corridors such as AKIC, DMIC and others in India to enhance manufacturing competitiveness.

This is a corporate/contracting decision by the project SPV — floating a procurement tender — rather than a land-use notification or a change to the IMC's boundaries or master plan.

Scope, Boundaries and Land Basis

The tender covers developing infrastructure in about 2,988 acres near the Maharaja Agrasen airport in Hisar town. The total land area identified is 2,988 Acres for the IMC, which has independent and direct access from NH 9 and NH 52, and the site is located adjacent to the proposed International Airport Hub (IAH) at Hisar along the intersection of NH 9 and NH 52.

The tender was able to proceed quickly because the land question was already settled: IMC Hisar began with a significant advantage as it has nearly 2988 acres of encumbrance-free government land already transferred by the state government, which gave the initial advantage to this project. It is the first IMC project to take shape, as the required land was made available without any hurdles since it is being developed on government-owned land.

Timeline and Contractor Obligations

The successful bidder will have to complete the construction work within 30 months and maintain the infrastructure for five years. This means the trunk-infrastructure package is structured as a build-plus-maintain EPC contract rather than a simple construction-only award, pushing accountability for defects and upkeep onto the contractor well past physical completion.

Power Infrastructure Planned Alongside the Tender

When completed, the IMC is expected to require around 232 MW of electricity. To meet this demand, the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) will establish a 220-kV grid substation for the project, with power distribution within different sectors of the IMC to be handled by the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN). A DHBVN official said, "They have decided to set up five 33-kV substations, and detailed project reports (DPRs) for these facilities will be prepared soon."

Power planning is running in parallel with the trunk-infrastructure tender rather than being part of the same ₹707-crore package — the DPRs for the 33-kV substations are still pending.

Where This Fits in the Larger IMC Programme

The IMC Hisar is one of the 12 industrial smart cities projects under the AKIC programme across the country, and it is the first IMC project to take shape among the twelve, largely because its land was already government-owned and transfer-ready. Separately, NICDC's own project page lists Hisar IMC as spread across 2,988 acres, being developed under the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor near the newly inaugurated Maharaja Agrasen Airport, with an investment potential of ₹32,417 crore and a project cost of ₹4,680 crore, expected to generate 1.25 lakh jobs. The ₹707-crore trunk-infrastructure tender is a sub-component of this larger project cost, not a separate budget.

Practical Effect

For the record, this tender is a procurement decision, not a land-allotment or investment-approval decision. Its practical effects are:

• It sets a firm construction clock (30 months) for basic civil works — roads, water, sewerage, drainage — across the whole 2,988-acre footprint, once a contractor is selected.
• It signals to prospective industrial investors that site works are now proceeding on a fixed EPC contract, rather than being at a planning or pre-tender stage.
• It runs in parallel with, but is separate from, the power evacuation plan (HVPN's 220-kV substation and DHBVN's distribution network), which is on its own DPR and construction track.
• It does not itself open plot allotment; investors seeking land still go through the state's normal industrial-plot allotment channels once sectors are ready for handover.

What Is Not Yet Decided

The available reporting does not confirm a winning bidder, contract signing date, or the exact sector-wise phasing of the 2,988 acres under this tender. The five 33-kV substations remain at the DPR stage rather than under construction. Any figures on later phasing of investment or plot release beyond what is cited above should be treated as provisional until confirmed by NHIMCHPL or NICDC.