The plot earmarked for the high-tech lab in Adityapur. Picture by Animesh Sengupta

Work for setting up the hi-tech lab and common business centre, part of the ambitious Rs 65-crore Adityapur auto cluster project, will finally kick-start later this month.

The Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL), a special purpose vehicle formed to develop industrial infrastructure in Adityapur industrial area in Seraikela-Kharsawan — the largest industrial hub of the state — has roped in BSNL’s civil wing for implementing the project after getting a nod from the Union commerce and industry department.

The agency has already completed the survey for construction of the high-tech lab and common business centre on about five acres of land in front of Adityapur Small Industries Association (ASIA) office on Tata-Kandra road.

Managing director of AACL R.K. Sinha said the agency, which was finalised earlier this month, had taken care of two important aspects of the project that is being executed under the Centre’s Industrial Infrastructure Upgrade Scheme. “It has wrapped up the land survey and soil testing process and is currently completing the estimation and final drawing. The details will be handed over to AACL in the last week of January, paving the way for floating tenders for civil and electrical works,” he said.

The first phase of the project will see construction of a high tech lab and common business centre at an estimated cost of Rs 42 crore. It is expected to be over by this year-end.

BSNL nodal officer (external works), Jamshedpur, Abhay Kumar said the high-tech lab would have separate set-ups for housing structure dynamic lab, metallurgical lab, meteorological lab, electronic and control lab, noise vibration and harshness (Nvh) lab, tool room and design lab, technical library and computer-aided engineering lab.

“All Adityapur auto ancillary units Adityapur will benefit from the design lab as it will provide necessary solutions by designing products as per specifications. Local manufacturers can get spares and products tested at their doorstep. It will reduce critical outlay such as cost and time,” said the AACL managing director.

The common business centre will enable industrialists and owners of ancillary units to interact with visitors and overseas clients.

There is good news for two other components of the auto cluster project — the common effluent treatment plant and hazardous waste management centre that will also come up at Adityapur. “We got the nod from the Union ministry of environment and forest yesterday (Tuesday) for the common effluent treatment plant and hazardous waste management facility,” said an official.

The tender for the common effluent treatment plant will be floated shortly and the process is expected to be completed by February first week, paving way for construction.