The government of Uttar Pradesh is setting up the first handicrafts park in Sector 29 of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), according to a release. According to the gov spokesman, a total of 76 industrialists have acquired land at the park spread over an area of 50 acres to set up their factories at the cost of Rs 403 crore. The factories being set up at the park will provide permanent employment to 22,144 people.

The maiden handicrafts park of Uttar Pradesh will feature workshops, factories and outlets making, showcasing and selling the wide ranging handicrafts of the state to the domestic and global visitors, Aspiring 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. Every district of the state has at least one special product that is integral to its identity. The park will showcase their craftsmanship to the world and also enable people to get all famous handicrafts of UP under the same roof. It will also provide a huge market for these products, boosting UP’s handicrafts business.

UP’s rich traditional handicrafts include Banarasi sarees, brass works of Moradabad, perfumes of Kannauj, chikankari of Lucknow and terracotta art of Gorakhpur that have achieved global recognition.

People living in Delhi and Noida will also have easy access to the handicrafts of Lucknow, Meerut, Bareilly, Firozabad, Agra, Varanasi, Chandauli, Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Azamgarh, Mirzapur and Jhansi and Lalitpur.

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