Planned Kanpur leather park to be a game changer: UP govt

22 Jun '21

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Work on the Mega Leather Park in Kanpur’s Ramaipur village is progressing quickly and will soon be a ‘game changer’ for the district, according to the Uttar Pradesh government, which recently claimed 235 acres of land had already been acquired for the project cleared by the central ministry of commerce last year. Over 150 tanneries will run from the park.

The park is expected to offer direct jobs to about 50,000 and indirect employment to nearly 1.5 lakh, according to media reports from the state.

The target is to manufacture leather products, including shoes, purses and jackets, and promote their export. First proposed in 2012 after the Samajwadi Party government had come to power, the project, however, did not take off despite various attempts.

The project assumes significance as tanneries in Kanpur have been reported to be responsible for rising pollution in the Ganga river.

The government also claimed that Kanpur will soon be turned into a textile and leather city. The government has received 23 proposals for setting up industries in Kanpur city as well as rural areas of the district. It claimed nearly 7,000 people will get employed once these projects worth around ₹4,000 crore are finished.

RP Polypacks and Kanpur Plastics Limited have set up textile factories in Kanpur city and Kanpur (rural) at costs of ₹150 crore ₹200 crore respectively and have already started production. Sparsh India Private Limited has invested ₹600 crore for setting up a plastic factory in Kanpur (rural).

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