Noida gets a new entry sign
NOIDA: With a 150-acre Apparel Park expected to come up in Sector 29 along the Yamuna Expressway, the Noida Apparel and Export Cluster (NAEC) has put up a ‘City of Apparel’ signage near the Jewar toll plaza.
The signage was inaugurated by the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) CEO Arun Vir Singh and Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh on Wednesday.
NAEC president Lalit Thukral said that the district had been declared the ‘City of Apparel’ under the UP government’s ‘One District, One Product’ scheme to promote local products.
“Prominent garment and apparel houses have been allotted plots at the Apparel Park that will further strengthen the district’s presence in the industry and generate 500,000 jobs and NAEC will ensure that a majority of it goes to people from nearby villages and towns, and 70% of the workforce will be women,” said Thukral.
“The Apparel Park was conceived in 2018. There will be a total of 116 plots spread over the 221.5 hectares, of which 91 have been earmarked for NAEC. Sixty-eight plots have already been allotted to the NAEC members, while the remaining will be allotted by end of August,” said Arun Vir Singh, CEO, YEIDA.
He said that units engaged in manufacturing & making textiles, garments, apparels, as defined by Union ministry of textile are eligible for the plots.
“Each application for the plot is interviewed and verified before getting allotted. Once the plots are allotted and possession is given, industries will start construction and the hub will be ready by 2023,” added Singh.