Geared up to have a park under the Prime Minister Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM-MITRA) scheme, the Punjab Government plans to acquire another 250 acres of land and undertake a demand survey.
It has pitched a site in Kum Kalan tehsil of Ludhiana for the same.
A leading English daily quoted Sibin C, Director-cum Secretary, Industries and Commerce saying that there is requirement of 250 acres of land for which the process has already been initiated to meet the 1,000-acre land requirement for the project.
Of the site proposed by the state for the big-ticket project, the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA), a special development authority of the housing and urban development department, owns 957 acres, but 197 acres out of this land parcel are currently under litigation.
Just a few days back, a team of Ministry of Textiles (MoT) had visited Ludhiana and discussed various aspects regarding the textile park. The minimum land required under PM MITRA park is 1,000 acres.
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The report also mentioned that as portions of the land available with GLADA are under litigation or under stay by the judicial courts, additional area needs to be acquired to fill the minimum land requirement for the project.
The State Industries department has written to the Principal Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, regarding fulfilling the additional land requirement at the earliest.
MoT team also raised the issue of road connectivity to the proposed site, especially approach road to the Ludhiana-Rupnagar expressway, along with its likely date of completion.
