VAPI GIDC ESTATE
Vapi Industrial Estate, developed by Gujarat Industrial Development
Corporation, had come into existence in 1967-68. The Estate, which
was developed in phases, now spreads over 1140 hectares and houses
over fifteen hundred industries, most of which are SSI units.
Basically a "declared" chemical estate, about 70% of the industries
are chemical and chemical related such as Dyes & Dyes Intermediates,
Pigments, Pesticides, Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals etc. The
remaining 30% comprises of Paper Mills, Packaging (both paper and
plastic based), Engineering, Plastics, Textiles, Food Processing,
Paints, Printing Inks & many other products.
Vapi GIDC Estate is centrally located on the National Highway No.8 (Ahmedabad
- Mumbai) with the Union Territories of Daman and Dadra & Nagar
Haveli on either side.
SOME STATISTICS
PROXIMITY TO MAJOR CITIES
Mumbai .. 180 Kms
Valsad .. 30 Kms
Surat .. 125 Kms.
Ahmedabad .. 370 Kms.
AREA DISTRIBUTION
Total Area .. 1140 Hectres.
Industrial .. 580 Hectares
Commercial .. 30 Hectares
Housing .. 103 Hectares
Roads .. 175 Hectares
Gardens .. 2 Hectares
Green Space .. 185 Hectares
P.P. Areas .. 50 Hectares
Utility .. 15 Hectares
H.T. Line .. 123-84 Kms
L.T. Line .. 62-97 Kms
11 KV Feeders .. 50 Nos.
Transformers .. 804 Nos.
66KV Sub-Stations .. 4 Nos.
H.T. Consumers .. 233 Nos.
L.T. Consumers .. 1406 Nos.
Lighting Consumers .. 13505 Nos.
Total Consumers .. 17251 Nos.
Revenue earning of GEB .. Rs.18.00 Crores/month.
The Estate which, over
the years, has emerged as a major cosmopolitan industrial township
is now equipped with amenities like -
· Hospitals
· Blood Banks
· Schools
· Community Centres
· Temples
· Churches
· Mosques
· Cinema Houses
· Fire Stations
· Water Filteration Plant
· Under Ground Drainage (16 MLD)
· Post Offices
· Telephone Exchange (Electronics)
· Police Station
· Banks (Major Scheduled & Co-op. Banks)
· Treasury
· Hotels & Guest Houses
· Common Effluent Treatment Plant (75 MLD)
· Solid Waste Disposal Site
A number of Government Offices are located within GIDC and in Vapi
Town such as GIDC, GEB, Telephones, Sales Tax, PF, Central Excise,
Labour Commissionerate, Labour Welfare Office, ESIC, Income Tax,
Boiler Inspectorate etc.
Being a major commercial centre, it caters to other industrial
estates like Sarigam, Umbergaon, Daman, Silvassa, Gundlav etc.
which are located on the periphery of Vapi.
Several Social Organizations like Rotary, Lions Club, Jaycees,
Inner-Wheel etc. are very actively engaged in social and
philanthropic activities within the Estate and surrounding areas.
SELF GOVERNANCE
Vapi GIDC Estate is a Notified Area and all civic functions are
performed by the Notified Area Authority administered by the
Notified Area Advisory Committee which has equal representation
from GIDC and the industries. The expenditures incurred by
Notified Area are met by the Notified Area Tax paid by the
industries.
