After 1960, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation

Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation

Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation is a project of the Government of Maharashta State in India, and is the leading corporation of Maharashtra....

 (MIDC) began acquiring land and setting up industrial estates. Land was acquired near Shendra village on Aurangabad - Jalna highway in the 1990s.

As part of its efforts, the MIDC developed the Waluj

Waluj MIDC

•After 1960, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation began acquiring land and setting up industrial estates. Land was acquired near Waluj village on Aurangabad - Ahmednagar highway in the 1970s & 1980s.Total notified area is 1298 hectors.-Clients:...

 and Chikalthana Industrial Areas, which were soon snapped up. This success along with additional demand for quality infrastructure necessitated the development of a third industrial area in the city - Shendra Industrial Area. Total notified area is 902 hectors.

Location

Shendra is located 17 km from Aurangabad. It is 8.0 km from Aurangabad airport. The Aurangabad railway station is 19.0 km away, and the Chikalthana Industrial Area lies at a distance of 11 km from Shendra. The Shendra Industrial Area is just a 15 mins. drive from the city .

Clients

Industries which has made Shendra their home includes Audi India

Audi India

Audi India is the wholly owned subsidiary of German automobile manufacturer Audi. Audi's main competitors in the Luxury vehicles segment in the Indian Automobile Industry are Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Jaguar and Volvo.-History:...

, Škoda Auto

Škoda India

Škoda Auto India Private Limited, more commonly referred to as Škoda Auto India, established November 2001, is a fully owned subsidiary of the Czech automotive manufacturer Škoda Auto and a division of Volkswagen Group Sales India....

, Volkswagen, Wockhardt

Wockhardt

Wockhardt Ltd. is a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company has manufacturing plants in India, UK, Ireland, France and US, and subsidiaries in US, UK, Ireland and France. It is a global company with a more than half of its revenue coming from Europe. The...

.

Electrical goods major Siemens

Siemens

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 has set up a plant for manufacturing of superior quality bogies for locomotives, electric multiple units and metro coaches at Shendra MIDC Aurangabad.

DMIC Industrial Park

Recently Govt of Maharashtra has decided to acquire land from Shendra to Bidkin

Bidkin

Bidkin is a large village in Paithan Taluka of Aurangabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-History of Bidkin:Bidkin was founded by Sufi saint Nizamuddin who came to Aurangabad in the 8th century Hijri,...

 village under DMIC

Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project is a State-Sponsored Industrial Development Project of the Government of India. It is an ambitious project aimed at developing an Industrial Zone spanning across six states in India...

 corridor for setting up of Shendra - Bidkin Mega Industrial Park

Shendra - Bidkin Industrial Park

In an effort to promote industrialization and increase the share of manufacturing in India's GDP, Government of India has decided to undertake the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project. It is an ambitious project aimed at developing an Industrial Zone spanning across six states in India...

. Acquisition of 10,000 hectors of farm land is in progress.

An Exhibition and Convention Centre at Sendra is being developed.