Problems of Industrial city to be resolved speedily: Guv

Kanpur: Governor Anandiben Patel has assured the industrialists and entrepreneurs of the city that regular meetings will be ensured with them in the future. Departmental heads and ministers too will participate in these meetings so that problems of this industrial city could be resolved speedily, she added.
The governor had on Wednesday convened an industrial symposium with industrialists and entrepreneurs of the city at CSJM Kanpur University auditorium in which more than 30 entrepreneurs had participated.
The governor called upon them to participate in social development and expected that they would upgrade the facilities of anganwadi for poor children and become a partner in development of children. She stated that Kanpur’s industrial world should cooperate voluntarily for the upgradation of facilities of 1,200 anganwadi centres so that the lower groups of the society could be developed.
Earlier, managing director of M/s Super House, Mukhtarul Amin apprised the governor that despite the problem of Covid-19, the leather sector of Kanpur was growing with the cooperation of the government. Establishment of a mega leather cluster will not only invite investment at a large level but also generate employment.
Vice-president, Counsel for Leather Export, R K Jalan said that the state government was giving priority due to the significance of the leather sector. The Central as well as state government had given sanction for the establishment of a mega leather cluster and the administration was performing all expected proceedings speedily.
Director Jet Knitwear Balram Narula said that Kanpur was the third big city in the sector of hosiery and provides employment to micro entrepreneurs. Since the sector had been included in one district one product (ODOP) scheme, there was a possibility of speedy development. In future, it would compete with Tirupur and Kolkata clusters.
Before it, divisional commissioner Dr Raj Shekhar welcomed the chief guest and apprised her that Kanpur was constituted as a district in 1803 and since then its industrialization had begun. Due to its textile mills such as Elgin Mills, Swadeshi Cotton Mills, JK Cotton and Kanpur Woollen Mills, the city was known as the Manchester of East.
A leather factory was raised to supply shoes and saddlery to the military and since then it is known as the leather hub in the world. Kanpur contributes 20 percent in leather export and 90 percent in saddlery and harness export.
Besides government officials and university officials, around 30 entrepreneurs of the city including Ashraf Rizwan, Javed Iqbal, Anwarul Haq, Aviral Jain, Naveen Khanna, Sanjay Dubey, Vijay Pandit, Laxman Das Rupani, Gulshan Kumar Dhoopar and Murari Lal Agarwal were present in the symposium.