DMs to scout for land for industries

Lucknow: As the government expedites the construction of expressways, more land is being identified along these projects across the state to push for industrial development.
The government has asked the DMs of 35 districts to submit a list of such land in areas under their jurisdiction where industrial units can be established.
A six-member committee, headed by additional chief secretary (industries) Alok Kumar, and having CEOs of the UP State Industrial Development Authority, Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority and UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority as members, has asked the district magistrates to identify land available at the starting and end points of exiting, under construction and proposed expressways and junctions where they are crossed by highways.
Currently, these include the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, Purvanchal Expressway, Gorakhpur Link Expressway, Bundelkhand Expressway, Ganga Expressway and Ballia Link Expressway.
“We see a lot of potential along these expressways for development of industrial areas which can promote ‘one district-one product’ scheme and where logistics or electronic hubs can be set up. We may also consider private development of industrial areas as envisaged in a recent policy,” Kumar said.
On behalf of the committee, CEO, UPEIDA, Awanish Awasthi has written to DMs
to scout for land with a boundary of not more than 2x2km and assess the potential for development of industrial area if MSMEs are already functioning there. They have also been asked to ascertain the per hectare circle rate of the land. They have also been directed to look for land bank created by the revenue department and unused land of other departments.