In a bid to ensure even spread of industrial development across Uttar Pradesh, State government is mulling a new Integrated Industrial Township in Allahabad to be set up in an area of 1115 acres.
The project has been mooted by Principal Secretary, Infrastructure & Industrial Development Department (IIDD), Dr. Surya Pratap Singh on a visit to Naini Industrial Area in Allahabad district on Friday Dr. Singh said, "Combined with the Regional Growth Cluster proposed on Allahabad-Varanasi axis on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, the new industrial township will further add impetus to industrial development and employment generation in the eastern region of Uttar Pradesh."
It may be recalled that a World Bank team had visited the State this month for assessing the scope of proposed Regional Growth Clusters onAllahabad-Varanasi, Kanpur-Auraiya and Agra-Aligarh axis. Managing Director, UPSIDC, Manoj Singh said UPSIDC would take up the development of infrastructure facilities in the new integrated industrial township for which the land was already available with the Directorate of Industries, which would have to be transferred to UPSIDC for development.