Hyderabad–Bengaluru Industrial Corridor
Links central India to the southern tech corridor.
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Corridor insights
- Aug 2024CCEA approves HBIC + Orvakal
- Sep 2025Orvakal + Kopparthy master plans notified
- 16 Oct 2025PM foundation stones; EPC LoAs issued
Source: DPIIT/NICDC status report (31 Oct 2025) + PIB / India Investment Grid. Investment-potential and jobs figures are official projections.
At a glance
- Route & length3 states
- StatesTelangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
- ProgrammeExtension of HNIC
- StatusIn build-out · master planning complete
Anchor nodes
Orvakal node
Under constructionOrvakal is the only one of Andhra Pradesh’s three NICDC nodes with a confirmed major anchor — Reliance Consumer Products committing ₹1,622 cr in integrated food and beverage manufacturing, with the State Investment Promotion Board clearance and a ₹601.87 cr incentive package already sanctioned.
View node →Kopparthy (shared with VCIC)
Under constructionKopparthy is Andhra Pradesh’s electronics node — anchored by a dedicated 810-acre YSR Electronic Manufacturing Cluster plus an adjacent 3,164-acre Electronic City — and is physically the same node cross-listed across both the Hyderabad–Bengaluru and Visakhapatnam–Chennai corridors in government documents; this entry presents its HBIC framing.
View node →Why it matters
HBIC connects Hyderabad and Bengaluru — two of India's three largest technology-and-manufacturing metros — through Andhra Pradesh's Rayalaseema. Its anchor is Orvakal in Kurnool, a ~4,742-acre mega industrial hub on three parcels near NH-40, with load specifications announced in 2024 and EPC tendering imminent.
The corridor's distinctive pull is proximity to two deep talent pools; the separately-mooted Hyderabad–Bengaluru technology corridor points to the same logic — electronics, aerospace and defence, and high-value engineering rather than commodity manufacturing.
The opportunity is component manufacturing and engineering services feeding the two metros, plus the land and logistics economy around Orvakal and Kopparthy as they activate.
It is early — one node at the tendering threshold; realisation depends on Andhra Pradesh executing and on the inter-state segment cohering.
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