Area under the project 1,100 acres
Planned investment Rs. 2,000 crore
Immediate capacity 2.5 lakh cars
Projected capacity in
the future
5.0 lakh cars
Direct and indirect
employment
10.0 thousand
jobs
Gujarat has changed gears to become an
auto hub
October 7, 2008 marked the new wave of
investments in automotive industry in
Gujarat. This was the day when Tata
Motors signed a State Support Agreement
with Government of Gujarat for setting up
the “Nano” mother plant at Sanand, 30
km from Ahmedabad. Tata Motors chose
Gujarat over West Bengal, Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh which were also in the race to anchor the “Nano” plant.
Tata Motors envisages this as an integrated project which will catalyze growth of the auto and
auto component industries in Gujarat. Already, three special investment regions, at Sanand,
Dholera and Changodar, all in the vicinity of Nano plant, have been planned. A Transportnagar,
just opposite Nano plant, too, has been cleared by the Gujarat government. The area is well
connected by road to the ports of Kandla, Mundra
and Pipavav as also rest of India. An international
greenfield airport is being planned at Federa, off
Sanand.
As a part of the project, more than 60 ancillary
industries are all set to come up in the same
complex. An Auto Academy, Industrial Training
Institute (ITI) and driving school are also on the
anvil at Sanand