Nashik, Mar 14 (KNN) The Nashik Industries & Manufacturers' Association has asked Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to speed up development of the proposed additional industrial estate near Dindori.

The association has also urged MIDC to start allotment of plots to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Infrastructural works worth Rs 54 crore have begun at Dindori. The work includes construction of internal roads, jack-well, pump house and laying of water pipelines between the new industrial estate and Palkhed dam for supply of water to the industries.

The new industrial estate will be of 500 acres at the Talegaon-Akrale villages of Dindori tehsil in the district.

The MIDC had announced concessional rates of Rs 2,300 per sq metre for the proposed estate for six months which has now been increased to Rs 3,000 per sq metre.

According to a media report, Mangesh Patankar, vice-president of Nashik Industries & Manufacturers' Association, said, "The authority has started developing the infrastructure works there, but it needs to speed up to get the new estate ready for the new industries.”

The MSMEs are concerned about the high rates of the plots now.