The Government of Maharashtra decided to develop the Shendra and Bidkin neighborhoods of Aurangabad as a planned industrial township under DMIC.

[2] Equipped with an underground plug and play infrastructure, 60% of the land in AURIC is for industrial usage, mainly focusing on textile, food, defence, engineering and electronics, while the remaining 40% is intended for residential, commercial and other purposes.

[5][6] MIDC in the 1990s established the third industrial estate in the city by acquiring 902 hectares of land at Shendra village.

[8] As part of the DMIC, the Government of Maharashtra has decided to develop the Shendra and Bidkin belt in Aurangabad as planned industrial townships to act as major investment node.

The state has also decided to rope in a Japanese consortium to recommend the use of technology for infrastructure upgrades in these areas.

Based on the investment potential of an area, the state has plans to develop the Aurangabad belt as an automobile and engineering hub.

It aims, setting up of mega industrial towns on waste and infertile land acquired by the government.