The Pune region will account for almost half of the total 25,000 acres of land to be acquired by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in the coming financial year to cater to domestic and international investors, state industry department officials told TOI on Saturday. The officials pegged the Pune region land share at 12,000 acres, with the Chakan, Ranjangaon and Talegaon industrial belt, besides some parts of southeast Pune, being the favoured locations for the investment. The land acquisition could be carried out in the next 12-18 months, MIDC chief executive officer Dr P Anbalagan confirmed. He said of the 12,000 acres to be acquired in the Pune region, officials were in various stages of acquiring 6,000 acres currently.
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