This story is from September 14, 2020

UP acquires 1600-acre barren land to set up SEZs, industry

In order to create special economic zones and corridors in the untapped areas of the state, the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) has identified nearly 1,600-acre of barren land.
UP acquires 1600-acre barren land to set up SEZs, industry
Mayur Maheshwari
LUCKNOW: In order to create special economic zones and corridors in the untapped areas of the state, the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) has identified nearly 1,600-acre of barren land.
Chief executive officer of UPSIDA, Mayur Maheshwari, told TOI that following directives of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, he had asked field officers to identify and acquire only barren land for setting up of industries.

So far, UPSIDA has identified 1,600-acre of barren land, the CEO, UPSIDA said adding that the land area freed from land mafia was included in it and soon steps would be initiated to acquire it for the development of special economic zones and industrial corridors.
This land bank would be made available to the industry department for inviting investments and setting up projects, Maheshwari added. The Yogi government has recently simplified procedure for changing the land use from agriculture to industrial and asked district authorities for expediting applications pending in this regard.
Industrial development commissioner Alok Tandon, who is also chairman of UPSIDA, has praised Maheshwari for his efforts in creating a fresh land bank which was lying unused for decades and could be exploited for industrial growth, giving jobs in areas which were relatively backward.
Claiming that the barren land has been identified in Hamirpur, Chitrakoot, Mirzapur, Auraiya and Lalitpur districts, Maheshwari said that the state is also all set to become a
major solar energy hub as the Bundelkhand Solar Energy Limited has set the target of setting up of solar plants on 593 acre area identified by the UPSIDA in Lalitpur. Many entrepreneurs have also shown a keen interest in setting up solar plants in other districts of the Bundelkhand region, he added.
Besides, the UPSIDA has taken up multi-pronged development of the state through its flagship projects such as Trans-Ganga City near Kanpur, spread over 1,141 acres, Saraswati Hightech City on 1,140 acres in Prayagraj and Trans Delhi near Ghaziabad on 2,800 acres. Under these projects integrated industrial model townships are being developed, the CEO claimed, stating that the UPSIDA has allottable land of 10,000 acres for industrial and residential purposes.
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