UP government’s first handicrafts park near Jewar airport attracts investment of Rs 403 crore

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has allotted land to 76 industrialists at the first handicrafts park of the Uttar Pradesh near the upcoming Jewar airport.

The park spread over an area of 50 acres will have factories by these companies at the investment of Rs 403 crore. The factories being set up at the park will provide permanent employment to 22,144 people.

According to YEIDA officials, entrepreneurs working in handicrafts sector are excited about the first handicraft park of the state. Prominent among the 76 investors at the park includes Vikas Exports, which deals in wood, metal and marble works. Vikas Exports has been allotted 5,000 square metres of land to set up its venture.


Similarly, land has been allotted to The Silk Factory, Rateria Exports, Narayan Creation, Wazir Chand & Co, Dux India Industries Pvt Ltd, Dwar Footwear Industries and Specialist Home Concepts.

The maiden handicrafts park of UP will feature workshops, factories and outlets making, showcasing and selling the wide ranging handicrafts of the state to the domestic and global visitors, aiming at conserving the traditional crafts, providing employment to thousands of artisans of the state and boosting the handicrafts sector’s contribution to the state’s economy.

While on the one hand, the park will enable people to get all famous handicrafts of UP under the same roof, on the other it will provide a huge market for these products, boosting UP’s handicrafts business. It will facilitate export of UP’s handicrafts to different countries of the world.

People living in Delhi and Noida will also be able to easily find handicrafts of Lucknow, Meerut, Bareilly, Firozabad, Agra, Varanasi, Chandauli, Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Azamgarh, Mirzapur and Jhansi and Lalitpur.

According to officials, this park near Jewar airport willl feature handicrafts from all over the country and soon become the most prominent place for artisans and craftsmen.

The park will be similar to the Hunar Haat organised in Delhi, which is attended by over 600 artisans and craftsmen from across states and union territories displaying indigenous products. People buy these products to decorate their homes and for other purposes.