Uttar Pradesh to get a defence industrial corridor

New Delhi, Feb 21 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday declared that a defence industrial corridor will be made in Uttar Pradesh.

While tending to the 'Uttar Pradesh Investors Summit 2018' here, the Prime Minister stated, "Two defence industrial corridors were announced in the Budget. One of them will be developed in Uttar Pradesh. The corridor will be extended to Agra, Aligarh, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi and Chitrakoot."

Once built, the Rs. 20,000 crore passageway will create work for a great many families and go about as a jolt of Prime Minister Modi's 'Make in India' venture.

The two-day 'Uttar Pradesh Investors' Summit 2018,' goes for displaying business and speculation capability of the state.

The event, guaranteed to be the first of its kind in Uttar Pradesh, was initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.

The summit, which is seeing the coming together of entrepreneurs, has been organised to bring better investment and further the cause for financial improvement of India's most crowded state.