UP govt to build state’s first handicrafts park to showcase regional wares

The Uttar Pradesh government is building the state’s first handicrafts park to give a boost to local craftsmen and introduce people to the traditional crafts of the state.

In view of the growing popularity of a wide variety of traditional regional handicrafts following the launch of One District One Product (ODOP) scheme, the Uttar Pradesh government is building the state’s first handicrafts park in Sector 29 of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA). A total of 76 industrialists have acquired land at the park, spread over an area of 50 acres, to set up their factories at the cost of Rs 403 crore. The factories being set up at the park will provide permanent employment to 22,144 people.