CM: Noida to be developed as biggest biz hub of N India
UP to have huge network of expressways, which will connect the country: Yogi
LUCKNOW : Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced to develop Noida as the biggest economic hub of northern India and called upon industrialists, entrepreneurs, and investors to come to the state for investment, saying that “now UP is the idea whose time has come.”
“Uttar Pradesh has secured second position in the country in ‘Ease of Doing Business’ due to sustained efforts of the state government during the last three years,” said the CM while presiding over a high-level online meeting ‘Invest UP’ in which representatives of industries were also present.
The state government has already announced a film city in Noida. “Out of the MoUs of Rs 4.28 lakh crore signed during the UP Investors’ Summit in 2018, MoUs worth Rs 2 lakh crore have already been rolled out,” said the CM.
“In addition to this, the UP government has received over 50 investment proposals worth over Rs 7,000 crore from investors of 10 countries, including Japan, United States, UK, Canada, Germany and South Korea. They want to shift their units from China to Uttar Pradesh,”
he added.
Adityanath pointed out that defence and aerospace, warehousing, data centres, electrical vehicles and pharma were some of the emerging investment sectors in UP. “The proposed Jewar International Airport in Noida will be the biggest in North India. The Kushinagar airport is also coming up, which will cater to eastern UP. Besides, Noida will be developed as the biggest hub of Northern India,” said the CM.
He also pointed out that the state has a land bank of 20,000 acre, on which industries can be set up. Informing about the ambitious Defence Corridor project, the CM said: “The state government’s ambitious Defence Corridor project has promised an investment of Rs 50,000 crore in the next two years.”
About infrastructure development, Adityanath said: “UP is going to have a huge network of expressways, which will crisscross the entire country.”
A 340-km Purvanchal Expressway from Lucknow to Ghazipur, 290-km Bundelkhand Expressway linking Chitrakoot and Lucknow-Agra Expressway, 90-km Gorakhpur link expressway and 170-km Prayagraj link expressway are major e-way projects of the state government.
“The state government has also decided to construct a 600-km Ganga Expressway from Prayagraj to the National Capital Region through Hardoi, Shahjahanpur, Kannauj and Meerut. This is going to be the longest expressway of the country,” said the CM. Siddharth Nath Singh, MSME, khadi and export promotion minister was present.