leading leather industries of the country have evinced keen interest in setting up their units in the Mega leather Cluster (MlC) to be set up over 105 acres in Industrial Model Township (IMT), Sohna in Haryana.
The Mega Cluster will attract investment worth Rs 500 crore and provide employment opportunities to about 40,000 youth of the State in next two years.
A delegation led by vice-chairman, Council for leather Exports, PR Aqeel Ahmed met Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Thursdayand sought State Government’s support and cooperation for the setting up of Mega leather Cluster.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister assured them all necessary support and cooperation on behalf of the State Government. He said that the Government has implemented its new Enterprises Promotion Policy which offered several incentives to the entrepreneurs for setting up their units in the State.
MlC would be an integrated production Centre with all facilities like Common Facility Centre, Testing Centre, Design Studio, ready to use factory sheds and Infrastructure like roads and electricity.
It was informed in the meeting that about 150 to 200 production units are expected to be set up in MlC, where wide range of fresh leather products like footwear, leather garments, bags and other accessories would be manufactured.
Besides, MlC would offer training facility to the youth so as to make them employable. It was also informed that Sohna being adjacent to National Capital, Delhi, various leading leather industries of the country including the Footwear units of Chennai, Agra and Kanpur were keen on setting up their units in the Mega leather Cluster.
The setting up of this cluster would not only boost the leather industry but also meet the requirement of leather products in the State.
Among those present in the meeting included Rajesh Khullar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Principal Secretary, Industries Sudhir Rajpal, Managing Director, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) Raja Sekhar Vundru and others.