Hyderabad Pharma City

Hyderabad Pharma City, is the "world’s largest pharmaceuticals industrial park" being established near Hyderabad, India by the Government of Telangana. Spread over 19,000 acres, the Park is touted to be biggest of its kind industrial cluster for the pharmaceuticals, acting as a one-stop solution for pharmaceutical companies in manufacturing and development needs.[1]

Telangana Government has embarked on this mission to help pharmaceuticals companies optimize on their capex and opex investment by about 30% making them more cost-competitive and increase their speed to market. It is expected to attract USD 9.7 billion Investment and generate employment to 560,000 people. [2] Hyderabad Pharma City is planned to provide smart infrastructure solutions and is expected to set a new international benchmark for sustainable industrial cities.

Hyderabad Pharma City is an integrated facility being set up with every essential component like effluent treatment facilities, solid waste management, secured landfill, use of natural gas for heating requirement thereby ensuring minimum air pollution, incinerators, testing facilities, real-time monitoring and control center, etc.

It is one of the most modern industrial zones in the country with all kinds of facilities for the investors to set up their manufacturing units.

History

The Park is an initiative of the IT and Industries Minister, Government of Telangana, K. T. Rama Rao. It was announced on 24 March 2018. Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana State and has been an industrial capital and major economic hub. Pharmaceuticals is one of the major industries in and around Hyderabad in addition to Information Technology. Contributing to more than 40% of the bulk drug production in the country, Hyderabad has been named as “Bulk Drug Capital of India”[3] and “Vaccine Capital of the World”.[4]

Hyderabad, capital of Telangana State and has been an industrial capital and major economic hub. Pharmaceuticals is one of the major industries in and around Hyderabad apart from Information Technology. Contributing to more than 40% of the bulk drug production in the country, Hyderabad has been named as “Bulk Drug Capital of India” and “Vaccine Capital of the World”.

Hyderabad is home to over 800 life sciences companies with a combined value of $50 billion. To promote the development of pharmaceutical sector in the state of Telangana, and to strengthen the position of Hyderabad in the Pharma sector, Government of Telangana State (GoTS) has promoted a greenfield Pharma City in Mucherla and surrounding villages of Ranga Reddy District and Mahbubnagar District in the vicinity of Hyderabad City. Hyderabad Pharma City project is proposed to be developed in over 19,333 Acres of land with world class standards, is one of the flagship projects of GoTS. Pharma city shall provide plug-n-play land with necessary infrastructure to the potential investors willing to set up units in the Pharma City.

In December 2019 the Government of India granted National Investment Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) status to the project[5] (NIMZ) status to the project and has recognized the project as a Project of National Importance. A Special Purpose Vehicle “Hyderabad Pharma City Ltd” has been set up to implement the project.[6]

Broad components of Hyderabad Pharma City:
  • Industrial plots, Industrial sheds for pharma units with separate zones for bulk drug units, formulation units etc.
  • Trunk and internal roads
  • Solid waste and liquid effluent management facilities (CETP / ZLD facilities)
  • Water treatment & distribution facilities
  • Drainage and sewerage facilities
  • Power substation and distribution
  • Data and telecom facilities
  • Support facilities for manufacturing such as Material Testing Lab, Skill Development Centres, Quality Certification Lab /R&D Centre etc
  • Specialized facilities such as dedicated steam lines, effluent lines etc.
  • Residential facilities for industrial workers

Location

The Park is coming up in Mucherla near Hyderabad.[7][8]

Project site is located around Mucherla Village, Kandukur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District at a distance of approximately 25 km from Hyderabad Outer Ring Road (ORR) and ~ 35 km from Hyderabad International Airport.

Connectivity

The proposed site for Pharma City is located near to Hyderabad city and is well connected with rest of the country by road, rail and air as mentioned below:

·        Road connectivity: Project site is around 2 Km to the Hyderabad- Srishailam Highway and 25 km from Hyderabad Outer Ring Road.

·        Air Connectivity: Nearest airport to the project site is Hyderabad International Airport located at a distance of ~35 km. The airport operates domestic and international flights to the various parts of the country and rest of the world.

·        Rail Connectivity: South Central Railway's broad gauge trunk line passes at a distance of ~46 km. The nearest railway station is Shadnagar Railway Station.

Key Highlights
  • World’s Largest Integrated Pharmaceutical Cluster – 15,000 Acres
  • Strategically located near the Hyderabad International Airport
  • Recognized as National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) by Government of India
  • Pre-approved permits / clearances at the park level - no clearance required for individual investors.
  • Utility Infrastructure- Roads, Water, Power, Steam, Chilled Water and IT network / Digital platforms
  • Access to Specialized Warehouses, logistics and Cold chains
  • Residential & Social Infra- Housing /Dormitories, Hospitals, police station, commercial complexes, Banks, Shopping complex, etc
  • Risk Management- 24x7 Centralized Monitoring, Disaster containment

The master plan aims to formulate a dedicated industrial area for the pharmaceutical sector with well-integrated physical, environmental, social and technical infrastructure that helps realize the economies of scale in such an infrastructure intensive industry.

Sustainability Focus and Alignment with SGDs

The Park will comply as a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) facility and with presence of common effluent treatment plants with a total capacity of 66 MLD.

Sustainability at its core focus

The project is focused on environmental, physical, and socio-economic KPIs.

Common Facilities

It will be a first-of-its-kind project featuring state-of-the-art infrastructure, common facilities including:

  • Zero Liquid Discharge-based Common Effluent Treatment Plant
  • An integrated solid waste management facility
  • District heating and cooling systems
  • Logistic parks
  • A Global Pharma University
  • Regulatory facilitation cells
  • Common drug development and testing laboratories,
  • Start-up and SME hub

Companies presence

The companies that committed to have presence are Biocon, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Novartis.[9]

GoTS announced that the project will be operationalized in 2020. A total of 350 companies had approached the government seeking land in Pharma City, and 150 of them will be allotted land in phase I.[10]

References
  1. "Pharma city to come up on 19,000 acres". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. "Hyderabad Pharma City to attract Rs 64k investments: T'gana Min". Economic Times. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  3. M, Srinivas (12 April 2020). "Telangana proving its worth as bulk drug capital". Telangana Today. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. Telangana Today (25 July 2020). "Hyderabad vaccine capital of the world: KTR". Telangana Today. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. "Pharma City to be launched this year". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 1 January 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 September 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "HYDERABAD PHARMA CITY LIMITED - Company, directors and contact details | Zauba Corp". www.zaubacorp.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. "Biocon to spread wings in Telangana". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  8. "Action plan to boost life sciences sector on anvil". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  9. "Biocon to set up R&D unit in Hyderabad". thehansindia.com. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  10. Mahesh, Koride (3 January 2020). "Hyderabad: 150 industries to get land in phase 1 of Pharma City - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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