Plastic park to come up in UP's Gorakhpur

New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- In another major push to industrialisation, a plastic park spread over 50 acres of land and housing around 100 manufacturing units would be set up in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, official said.

The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers has given its in-principle approval to the project, for which the Union government will provide around Rs 40 crore and Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority (GIDA) the remaining Rs 53 crore.

GIDA CEO Sanjeev Ranjan said: "We have received intimation on the approval though we are yet to get the formal letter."

"The Scheme Steering Committee (SSC) under the chairmanship of Secretary (Chemicals & Petrochemicals) has granted in-principle approval to the plastic park, which is importan...