Uttar Pradesh
32 Industrial Cities will be Constructed along Five Expressways in Uttar Pradesh.
- 09 Oct 2023
- 1 min read
Why In News?
On October 7, 2023, Anil Sagar, Principal Secretary, Industrial Development Department, said that a network of 32 industrial cities will be built along five expressways in Uttar Pradesh.
Key Points:
- 84 villages falling under 23 tehsils of 23 districts along the three expressways have been notified as industrial cities.
- Uttar Pradesh Industrial Development Authority (UPIDA) will acquire or purchase land in the identified villages.
- Land ranging from 100 acres to 600 acres will be taken for each industrial city. After this, villages will soon be notified for the industrial city along the Agra-Lucknow Expressway and Gorakhpur Link Expressway.
- In this way, the total network of industrial cities will extend to 32 districts. Basic facilities will be developed here. After this, investors will be provided plots at their preferred location to set up their industries.
- Warehouse and logistics industries will be promoted first. Electronic equipment, hosiery, food processing units, chemicals, milk processing, pharmaceutical, machinery plants, IT, agricultural produce based units will be set up in these industrial cities.
