The Uttar Pradesh authorities on Friday claimed that work in Kanpur’s “Mega Leather Park” challenge is progressing quick and can quickly show to be a “game changer” for the district.
The challenge is alleged to be the nation’s first leather-based park and can come up at Ramaipur village in Kanpur.
According to the federal government, 235 acres of land has already been acquired for the mega leather-based park challenge, which was accredited by the Union commerce ministry final yr.
The authorities claimed that over 150 tanneries would run by the park, offering direct employment to about 50,000 folks and oblique employment to about 1.5 lakh folks.
The park was deliberate to facilitate the manufacture of leather-based merchandise together with footwear, purses and jackets, and to advertise the export of such items. It was first proposed in 2012, quickly after the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party authorities got here to energy with one other such challenge in Hardoi district. But regardless of all of the efforts, this challenge couldn’t come to fruition.
The proposal to arrange a leather-based park in Kanpur was re-approved from the Center final yr. The challenge assumes significance as tannery factories in Kanpur are underneath scrutiny following rising air pollution within the Ganga. The challenge is predicted to spice up the leather-based trade whereas checking air pollution.
Sources within the authorities stated there have been some hurdles relating to land, which have been resolved, and the challenge is prone to see the sunshine of day within the subsequent few months.
Meanwhile, the federal government claimed that Kanpur would quickly flip right into a textile and leather-based metropolis. The authorities has obtained 23 proposals for organising industries in Kanpur metropolis in addition to in rural areas of Kanpur. It claimed that round 7,000 folks will get employment as soon as these tasks price round Rs 4,000 crore are accomplished and begin working.
According to officers, RP Polypax and Kanpur Plastics Ltd have arrange textile factories in Kanpur metropolis and Kanpur (rural) at a value of Rs 150 crore to Rs 200 crore respectively and have already began manufacturing. Sparsh India Pvt Ltd has invested Rs 600 crore for the development of a plastic manufacturing facility in Kanpur (Rural), whereas Rimjhim Steel Company is establishing a metal rolling mill at Kanpur (Rural) at a value of Rs 550 crore.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
