Industrial Profile of Solapur

SOLAPUR
(Distt. Headquarter)

LOCATION : 433 kms by road and 456 kms by rail
LAND : 216 hectares in MIDC Industrial Area 1/2 km from Solapur city.
1100 hectares at Chicholi Solapur Pune Road. 16 Kms from Solapur.
WATER : Solapur - 2500 cubic metres per day. Chincholi-27000 cubic metres per day.
POWER : 15 MVA at Solapur, 8 MVA at Chicholi
Rate - Rs. 75/- per month per KVA
Plus Rs. 1.85 per unit upto 300000
units and Rs. 1.90 per unit per
month.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS : Telephone & Telex facilities besides STD links with Mumbai.
TECHNICAL INSTITUTES : Industrial Training Institute and one especially for Girls, a Govt. Technical High School, three Polyte- chnics and an engineering college.
INTERNAL TRANSPORT : City bus services operated by the Solapur Municipal Corporation pass through the Area and also from Sola- pur city to Chincholi area.
FACILITIES IN THE AREA : Branch of Central Bank of India, cl- ose to the Area. Post Office and a Guest House in the MIDC Common Faci- lity Centre. Three Canteens and sev- eral Tea Stalls. These facilities are expected for Chincholi MIDC area.
SOCIAL AMENITIES : Number of Schools including English Medium, several Colleges including College of Medicine and Pharmacy each; Civil Hospital; ESIS Hospital; many Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes; Hotels; Clubs; Co-operative Housing Societies in town, besides Residential zone developed by the MIDC for Industrial Units.
INCENTIVES FOR INDUSTRIES : As in Group `D' under the 1993 Package Scheme.
PROMINENT INDUSTRIES : Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.,
Laxmi Vishnu Textile Mills Ltd.,
Minicomp P. Ltd.,
Shivaji Works Ltd.
Gujarat Reclaim & Rubber Products
Limited
Simmco Spinners Limited.

Source : SICOM
N.B.: AS ON MARCH 31, 1998


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