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LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government is set to sign close to 120 MoUs on Tuesday for a private Rail Park in Fatehpur, near Lalganj's Modern Coach Factory.

The first private industrial park in the state, coming up adjacent to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi 's constituency of Rae Bareli, the facility will contain ancillary units that will supply almost exclusively to the coach factory that is looking to expand. The project is expected to bring in investments of Rs 3,000 crore into the state and provide employment to about 20,000 persons.

"The coach factory is looking to manufacture up to 3,000 coaches per annum in the future. It has been sourcing ancillary material from several places which are not close by, leading to a rise in logistical costs. The private park is just 24 km away from the factory and will cut down on these costs drastically," said a senior government official.

The park is being established by ABA Infratech Pvt Ltd and is expected to contain units of companies like Hindustan Fiber Glass, Jindal Group, Apex Auto, Pennar Industries , Murugappa Group , Asiatic Composite, Omax Auto, Chennai Radha Engineers, Indira Industries, Alpha Nippon Innovative, Rail Tech, Dura Tuff Glass, Fiber Plastichem, DTL Ancillaries etc.

Chief secretary Anup Chandra Pandey said the park would come up on an area of 254 acres, acquired by the private entrepreneur. "On 216 acres, 71 plants under four categories will be constructed while basic infrastructure will be constructed on the remaining 25 acres," Pandey said. Sources said the park would be established next to NH-335 which is around 20 minutes away from Fatehpur, which is also the nearest freight corridor. The park will be at a distance of 100 km from Lucknow and about 95 km from Kanpur. Sources in ABA Infratech said it would take them about three to six months to develop basic facilities in the park. "This will include levelled land surrounded by a boundary wall, wide roads with high mast streetlight, continuous power supply etc. Other facilities will include a sewage treatment plant and drainage system, overhead water tanks, CCTV coverage, healthcare centre, community centre, police and fire stations. The remaining work will be completed within the next three years," said a company representative.

