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Samrat inaugurates mega leather cluster, vows to create job opps for youth
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Chief minister Samrat Through expansion of datacen_ icy has been made for smooth Chaudhary on Thursday inaugutre to 1,000 mw, Bihar has the __ land acquisition. rated the "Mega Leather, Footpotential of attracting investDeputy CM Vijay Kumar | wear and Accessories Cluster" ment up to 10-lakh-crore," he = Choudhary and industry minisbuilt ata cost of 240.95 crore at added. ter Shreyasi Singh, other minis- | Mahwal in Motipur district. The CM said that Bihar's rapid ters Rama Nishad and Kedar
In Muzaffarpur, the CM also _ strides in the last couple of decPrasad were among a host of diginaugurated and laid the founda_ ades could be understood by the _nitaries present on the occasion, | tion stone of various developgrowth in electricity consumpWith the commencement of ment schemes, including the tion from just 500 mwto 10,000 Mahwal Leather Park, direct %213.25-crore Sikanderpur Lake- — mw and it would grow further — employment opportunities will front project under the Smart — with boost to the industrial sec__ be available to about 3,000 peoMission Mission. tor. "There is also plan to run ple in the region. Along with
Mahwal Leather Park is the — rapid rail between Patna and this, local youth and women will second largest leather clusterin — Muzaffarpurand developal,000 _be trained in leather and footMuzaffarpur district after Bella. mw capacity data centre. The — wear designing in accordance | The CM also visited the parkand — government is focused on ecowith international standards the stalls set up by various nomic growth through creation — through a modern training cendepartments and also handed — of employment opportunities tre established in the "Plug and over the shedandlandallotment and infrastructure developPlay" industrial building. letters to the industrial units. ment," he added. After the training, the candiSpeaking
on the occasion, the The CM said that integrated — dates will getemployment in the | CM said that the target of the — manufacturing cluster was being companies here. which will also government is to generate developedinGayaandthe same — curb migration at the local level. enough employment opportunt- — would be done in Muzaffarpur The "Common Facility Centies within Bihar to check migraand Darbhanga. "The governtre" (CFC). one of the key feation by 2030 and for this there — ment isalso providing financial tures of the project, is aimed at | would bea favourable policy for assistance to youth for self-em- — small and medium entrepreinvestors to developa networkof ployment and entrepreneur: neurs. The centre is equipped industries. ship," he added. with state-of-the-art machines,
"Around 1.2 million Biharis He also announced that ifanywhich entrepreneurs will be able still migrate to other states for one would like to give hislandto to use ata nominal fee.
About the Author
Arun Kumar is a veteran journalist and Associate Editor with Hindustan Times, based in Patna. For more than three and a half decades, his reporting has chronicled Bihar's complex political landscape, university and educational reforms, landmark judicial rulings of the Patna High Court, administrative governance, and social shifts across the state. Known for deep investigative reporting and source-grounded accountability journalism, he is a recipient of the prestigious K.C. Kulish Journalism Award and the Keshav Bhatt Journalism Award, and is an LDM Fellow.