India, July 10 -- In a first, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) will carve out a dedicated Handloom and Textile Park project near Noida International Airport, along the Yamuna Expressway.

The authority has decided to put handloom and handicrafts into its "focus list" to allot plots to handloom and handicrafts units in Sector 10 in Yeida area, officials said on Wednesday.

The Handloom Handicraft Exporters Welfare Association (HHEWA), which was promised land for the park three years ago, has been now asked by Yeida to reapply and obtain the UP government's approval to build this park on the lines of its Apparel Park in Sector 29.

"We have asked the Handloom Handicrafts exporters welfare association to reapply...