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To accelerate the development of the General Bipin Rawat Defence Industrial Corridor in Jhansi, the government has released over Rs 58 crore to the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA). The funds will be used for the construction of 30-meter-wide roads, drainage systems, a boundary wall, and ten entry gates within the corridor.

Following land acquisition, the construction of the boundary wall had been pending. The corridor is part of a broader plan to establish six defence industrial nodes across Uttar Pradesh, including Aligarh, Agra, Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Chitrakoot, and Jhansi, aiming to make the state a leader in the defence sector.

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Under the project, UPEIDA has acquired a total of 5,017 acres of land: 2,686 acres in Jhansi, 551 in Kanpur Nagar, 399 in Aligarh, 707 in Chitrakoot, 396 in Lucknow, and 278 in Agra. About 70 per cent of this land will be allotted to defence industrial units, with individual plots ranging from 2.5 to 3 acres.

UPEIDA has also recently fixed plot rates for the six nodes: Rs 4,005 per sq. metre in Aligarh, Rs 2,739 in Agra, Rs 1,716 in Lucknow, Rs 1,316 in Kanpur Nagar, Rs 860 in Chitrakoot, and Rs 529 in Jhansi.

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So far, 177 MoUs have been signed for investment across all nodes, and 61 units have received land allotments. Operations have already begun in nine units, including BrahMos Aerospace, Adani Defence, and Bharat Dynamics, while 15 more units are preparing to start operations by next year.