In its budget this year, the Uttar Pradesh Government has allocated Rs 1 crore funds under the Chief Minister Textile Apparel Park Scheme to develop 10 new textile parks across the state.
These textile parks will be established by private companies in Kanpur, Barabanki, Hapur, Mau, Bhadohi, Sant Kabir Nagar, Gorakhpur, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Hardoi and help end India’s dependence on other countries for raw materials.
Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary, MSME Department, says these textile parks will be developed according to the industry’s demand in all the 10 districts.
The park in Kanpur will cater to the demands of the hosiery industry while the Bhadohi park will be developed according to the needs of the carpet industry. The parks in Mau and Barabanki will address the needs of the fabric and poly fiber industries respectively.
Similar parks will also be established in Hardoi, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Gorakhpur and Sant Kabir Nagar, avers Kumar. They will be equipped with facilities like product exhibition, public convenience centre, dyeing, printing centre, administrative building, bank, ATM, rest house, zero liquid discharge and solid waste management, he adds.
Over all, these parks will house about 1,000 units and attract investment worth about Rs 8,000 crore. They will also provide employment to about 40,000 people.
The government had earlier launched a scheme to set up textile parks on private plots to promote the textile industry. Under this scheme, a provision was made to provide subsidy of up to Rs 25 crore for setting up textile parks on private plots. The work of setting up a textile park under this scheme in Shamli has almost been completed.
