Defence minister Rajnath Singh instructed Uttar Pradesh government officials to complete the defence corridor work within time.
He gave the instruction while reviewing, via video conference, progress of the MoUs signed with Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor project.
Chief secretary RK Tiwari, additional chief secretary Awanish Awasthi, additional chief secretary, infrastructure and industrial development department Alok Kumar and senior officials of the defence ministry attented the meeting.
“All proposed work of the defence corridor must be completed within the stipulated time,” Singh said.
Chief secretary Tiwari said, “Six nodes have been developed in Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Kanpur and Lucknow. The state government has assigned 1461.0579 hectares of land for the project out of which 1310.2532 hectares have been acquired. This is over 90 per cent of the assigned land.”
Tiwari said- “In Jhansi 1025.4672 hectares of land have been acquired, 95.9340 hectares in Chitrakoot, 47.8440 hectares in Aligarh and 141.0080 hectares in Kanpur.”
“In Agra, land outside th eTaj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) was being explored and in Lucknow land around the Ring Road is being considered,” said the chief secretary.
“Ordnance factories will invest Rs 1,077 crore, HAL Rs 1,200 crore, BEL Rs 240 crore, PTC industries Rs 115 crore, Bharat Forge Rs 200 crore and MKU Rs 900 crore. Work on these MOUs has already begun,” said Tewari.
He said under the Aligarh node, complete planning of detailed project report, town planning and power station, among others, has been done.
Additional chief secretary Awasthi said, “Work has been done in the state at a rapid pace. The Defence and Aerospace Manufacturing Employment Promotion Policy, 2018 has been promulgated.”
