Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday performed Bhoomi Pujan and laid the foundation stone of three important projects at Nava Raipur Atal Nagar here.

These include a commercial hub, an Aerocity and a Shaheed Smarak. The ceremony was organized at Sector 35.

With a view to promote investment, settlement and commercial activities in Nava Raipur, the commercial hub will be developed on 1,083 acres in Sectors 23, 24, 34, 35 and 40.

Similarly, the Aerocity will be set up on 216.63 acres in the villages of Baroda and Ramchandi near the Swami Vivekananda Airport to promote passenger facilities and commercial airport area development.

The 'Shaheed Smarak’ will come up on 13 acres in the VIP battalion in the village Parsada (Sector-3) of Nava Raipur.

Keeping in view the market assessment and financial interest of the authority, it was decided to develop an area of 24.85 acres in the first phase to house around 1,000 shops.

A provision of Rs 5 crore has been made in fiscal 2023-24 for the development of the commercial hub.

The land identified for this is on National Highway 30 and is situated near the allotment of Bharat Mala Project. The marked land is about 12 km from the Swami Vivekananda Airport. The land is located in villages Nimora, Upwara, Parasathi, Bendri, Kendri, Jhanki and Mudpar.

A government spokesperson said 42.931 acres of land has been identified for raising the VIP battalion in the Shaheed Smarak premises.

In this proposed project, a Martyr Memorial will be constructed on seven acres with walls to engrave the names of 2,700 martyrs. A Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti Memorial will be built.