Maharashtra govt to pursue civil aircraft mfg at Nagpur SEZ

Mumbai/Nagpur: In what could be the biggest investment being pumped into Nagpur Special Economic Zone (SEZ), the Maharashtra government has decided to pursue civil aircraft manufacturing proposal for the Multimodal International Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) project.
Maharashtra Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh has said that the proposal of Russian jet manufacturer Sukhoi Company (JSC) was very much on the cards and that if it came through, would lead to an investment of Rs 13,000 crore in the Nagpur SEZ.
Talking to mediapersons on the sidelines of a Congress convention on Monday, Deshmukh said that Sukhoi Company will be tying up with the Delhi-based Vavasi Group to set up the facility which will be the first aircraft manufacturing unit in the country. The tie-up was confirmed by Vavasi Group's Head of HR and Administration, Sunil Kacker who said that the group had already had two rounds of talk with Deshmukh.
“We intend bringing Sukhoi's plant to manufacture 100 to 120 seater aircraft in India and also components for aircraft,” Kacker revealed. He said that the aircraft, proposed to be manufactured at the Nagpur SEZ, will be in the Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 category. “These will be state-of-the-art aircraft which will be more fuel efficient and will have advanced navigation and safety features,” Kacker disclosed. The Vavasi Group also has a tie-up with the Al-Bukhari Group of Malaysia which is into the aviation sector, revealed Union Minister for Renewable Energy and local MP, Vilas Muttemwar.
10/10/08 Pankaj Maniktala/Business Standard

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