KANPUR: The proposal of Ramaipur mega leather cluster will soon be converted into a reality as all major hurdles in its way have been resolved at a meeting held in Lucknow on Wednesday.
There were some issues regarding the land which were sorted out in the Wednesday’s meeting held under the chairmanship of Satish Mahana, cabinet minister for industries.
Under the settlement, Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) will give land for the mega cluster to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) named ‘Mega Leather Cluster Development UP Ltd’ on a 90-year lease instead of free hold.
The SPV was insisting that land should be given free hold.
During the meeting, it was decided that land allotment would take place under a tripartite system.
According to director SPV, Ashraf Rizwan, this project is being developed in two villages — Magrasa and Karona Bahadur Nagar — where SPV has 22 acre land.
The SPV has 35 acre of alternate land at Sardh village.
UPSIDC had procured around 42 acre land in both the villages.
The SPV will get 35.23 acre gram sabha land in the two villages in lieu of 35 acre land at Sardh.
In total, it would get around 97 acre land.
“The leather cluster thereafter will be developed in around 240 acres and it would be the first Greenfield project of the country,” Rizwan claimed.
According to a release, the industries minister had asked the officials of the concerned department that the exchange process and construction of road and other processes must be completed by June 15, 2021 so that the chief minister could lay the foundation stone within three months.
UPSIDA officials disclosed that the layout of the cluster and building map has been prepared.
The cluster will attract an investment to the tune of Rs 13,000 crore.
The Central government will spend around Rs 125 crore as financial assistance, while around Rs 200 would be given by NMCG for the treatment plant.
State government will give a sum of Rs 50 crore for developing a common facility centre under one district one product scheme.
Rizwan said so far 237 entrepreneurs have given their consent for the leather cluster, which would give employment to around 1.5 lakh persons including 50,000 skilled workers.
He hoped that once the leather cluster would convert into a reality, the load of Jajmau would be reduced and the blot of polluting the Ganga river by the tanneries would be removed.