What is the Vizag–Chennai Industrial Corridor?

India's first coastal economic corridor, part of the East Coast Economic Corridor. It spans 800+ km coastline and is part of India's National Industrial Corridor Development Programme.

What is the current status of the VCIC?

In build-out · ADB US$625 m loan; civil works awarded.

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Vizag–Chennai Industrial Corridor

India's first coastal economic corridor, part of the East Coast Economic Corridor.

800+ km coastlineLength

1States

4Anchor nodes

In build-outStatus

Where it runs

On the map

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Map of the Vizag–Chennai Industrial Corridor — route, anchor nodes and states traversed

The basics

At a glance

Route & length
800+ km coastline
States
Andhra Pradesh (ECEC Phase-1)
Programme
India's first coastal corridor
Status
In build-out · ADB US$625 m loan; civil works awarded

Industrial cities

Anchor nodes

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

Anchor port-industrial city

Chittoor

Andhra Pradesh

Southern node

Kopparthy

Andhra Pradesh

Electronics node

Machilipatnam

Andhra Pradesh

Coastal node

The Techadyant view

Why it matters

Beyond the freight line, the VCIC is where several of the systems we track physically converge. Our corridor-level analysis — the sector clusters forming here, the opportunity surfaces for industry and MSMEs, and who actually captures the value — is being built out corridor by corridor.

Deep-dive analysis in progress. The related research below covers the themes that land along this corridor.

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