Stating this here today, Rajeev Arora, MD of the HSIIDC, said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had announced in August 2005 that an IMT on the lines of the Manesar IMT would be developed in Faridabad for reviving the old industrial glory of the city. Immediately after that, the HSIIDC drew up plans for setting up this IMT and initiated the process of acquisition.

The land acquisition officer had announced the award for 552 acres in the revenue estate of Mujeri, Nawada Tigaon, Satoi and Unchagaon villages; 627 acres in Chandawali village and 605 acres in Muchhgar village. The possession of the land had been taken over by the corporation and the development of the basic infrastructure of the IMT would be taken up immediately.

Arora said the regional plan prepared by the NCR planning board had identified Faridabad as one of the Delhi metropolitan area towns which was to be planned and developed to check the inflow of migrants to the national capital. In the final development plan of the Faridabad-Ballabgarh complex, sectors 68 and 69 had been designated as industrial sectors and sectors 66 and 67 for warehousing, transport and communication use.

He said the HSIIDC was also setting up IMTs at Rohtak, Kharkhoda in Sonepat district and Jagadhri to boost industrial development in the state and to exploit the locational potential of the area.