IMLH Nangal Chaudhary
IMLH Nangal Chaudhary is a logistics-first node — a freight village for rail-road transfer, warehousing, customs and EXIM cargo — not a manufacturing destination, so it is not expected to host named industrial tenants. Approved by CCEA in May 2018 (Phase I trunk cost ₹1,029.49 cr) on 886 ac in Mahendragarh district, it is positioned as India’s largest logistics hub south of NCR, adjacent to the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.
As of April 2026 the project is in active Phase I trunk-infrastructure construction — the DPIIT Secretary reviewed external connectivity, internal rail and the proposed EXIM/warehousing/container facilities on 30 April 2026 — but it is well behind the original 2020-21 completion target.
No tenants or operators have been announced because the PPP concession has not yet been awarded; until the concessionaire is appointed the ~₹47,480 cr projected investment remains a potential, realised mostly once private operators build facilities. The catchment it will serve includes Manesar, Bawal, Dharuhera and East Rajasthan.
Companies & commitments
| Company | Sector | Commitment |
|---|---|---|
| No manufacturing allottees | Logistics hub (PPP model) | None disclosed — tenants will be logistics operators / warehouse / EXIM users once the PPP concession is awarded [U] |
Industries coming up
Infrastructure & connectivity
- 886 ac freight village positioned as India’s largest logistics hub south of NCR, adjacent to the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.
- Components: rail-connectivity zone, container stacking, warehousing, transport zone, EXIM zone and commercial areas; New Dabla DFC station ~12 km, Nizampur station ~1.6 km, NH-11 ~12 km.
- AIIB has proposed financing as part of DMIC; Phase I land cost was ~₹266 cr for the 886 ac (an acquisition cost, not an allotment price); Phase II to be reappraised by 2028.
Incentives & land: Developed on PPP mode — concession terms for logistics operators will follow the concessionaire award; strategic WDFC adjacency and a single-point logistics offering are the principal draws. HSIIDC is the state nodal agency. Specific Haryana fiscal incentives for the node not detailed in the sources.
A logistics node, not a manufacturing one
The defining feature of Nangal Chaudhary is that it is a multi-modal logistics hub developed on a PPP concession — so it allots concession rights to logistics operators, warehouse providers and EXIM users rather than land to manufacturers. That is why, unlike Dholera or Vikram Udyogpuri, it has no named tenant list, and its exclusion from the four-node land-allotment cohort is expected, not a gap.
Its strategic value is location: adjacent to the WDFC with the New Dabla DFC station ~12 km away, designed to serve the Manesar–Bawal–Dharuhera industrial belts and East Rajasthan, and to act as the logistics gateway for the IMC Hisar node ~189.5 km away.
Status and the PPP question
Phase I trunk-infrastructure EPC is under way and was reviewed by the DPIIT Secretary in April 2026, but completion has slipped far beyond the original 2020-21 target. The single biggest unknown is the PPP concession: no information is public on the bidding, selection or award, and the tenant/operator base cannot form until that concludes.
Risks & open questions
Timeline slippage is the headline risk, alongside competition for the same NCR freight traffic from the MMLH Dadri + MMTH Boraki hub in Greater Noida.
Environmental-clearance status was not confirmed in the sources, the 2018 projection of 10 million TEUs by 2025 is likely dated, and the logistics-plot allotment price (versus the ~₹30 lakh/acre land-acquisition cost) is not published.
Timeline
- 2016SPV incorporated (then DMIC Haryana MMLH)
- May 2018CCEA approval (Phase I trunk cost ₹1,029.49 cr)
- Dec 2024PIB classes it under projects under development
- Apr 2026DPIIT Secretary reviews Phase I progress
- 2028Phase II reappraisal due