India's Jaipur airport city is continuing its expansion with a new international cargo airport being built near the town of Alwar, along the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

The new cargo airport will be located in Neemrana on the Jaipur-Delhi highway and will be linked up to a high-speed train service running between Alwar and Delhi.

According to reports in the local media, a government source said the airport would be built between the villages of Ajarka and Kotkasingh which "would allow industries to along the DMIC freight corridor, as well as businesses in Neemrana, Shahjahanpur, Bhiwadi and Behror, to ship their cargo directly to foreign countries."

Sunil Arora, chairman of Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corp Ltd (RIICO), said that the investment in infrastructure would propel Alwar forward as a major business hub of India.

RIICO and the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) signed a MoU back in July 2006 to help Japanese investors set up industrial establishments in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan.

As a result, the aerotropolis in Jaipur includes a 100sqkm industrial zone on the DMIC corridor, and more than two-dozen Japanese firms have already announced their projects along the corridor.

The companies that are already setting up shop include Daikin, Nissin, Brake, Mitsui Chemicals and Mikuni India.

In total, the DMIC will cover a stretch of 1,500km spanning six states between Delhi and Mumbai.