UP Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has sanctioned over 900 acres of land for setting up two leather parks, in Sandila, Hardoi and at Ramaipur in Kanpur. Expected to attract an investment of Rs 2,000 crore, the state-of-the-art leather clusters, government officials say, will be completed in approximately four years.
Clearing the two greenfield Mega Leather Cluster (MLC) projects after meeting a delegation of leather industrialists from Kanpur, Akhilesh Yadav asked Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) to make available land for these projects.
Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner Anil Kumar Gupta said the proposed integrated leather parks will be equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure, technology and production chain to meet the demands of domestic markets and standards for export. In a bid to promote the small and medium scale leather processing units, the government has also said 50 per cent space will be set aside for units in this category, to carry out their production activities at the leather clusters.
To mitigate pollution and ensure environment conservation, leather clusters will also be given facilities for treating effluents generated in the parks. Provisions for rain water harvesting, warehousing, raw material banks, exhibition centre, design centre and human resource development are also proposed in the clusters. A government release said each park will have to attract an investment of Rs 1,000 crores and create employment for nearly 10,000 persons.
Singh also said the mega leather clusters would be implemented through special purposes vehicles (SPV) under a Government of India scheme for development of mega leather clusters. Under the scheme, 70 per cent contribution is made by the Government of India while the remaining facilitation is done by the state government. Ordinarily, the SPV is a corporate body promoted by a group of entrepreneurs engaged in leather industry willing to set up units in proposed MLC.
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