The state Cabinet approved the setting up of a modern industrial park and integrated manufacturing cluster (IMC) over 2,000 acres on government and panchayat land near Mattewara (Ludhiana) and Rajpura (Patiala), respectively, at a cost of Rs 3,200 crore.

The projects will cater to the needs of prospective entrepreneurs/industrialists for setting up their ventures expeditiously in line with the urgent need to develop such industrial hubs in the state. The panchayat land for the projects would be purchased by the Housing and Urban Development Department for development as mixed land use/industrial park/IMC.

Giving the break-up of land for modern industrial park, a spokesperson said of the 955.6 acres, 207.07 acres belonged to the Animal Husbandry Department, 285.1 acres to the Rehabilitation Department, 416.1 acres to the Sekhowal panchayat, 27.1 acres to the Salempur panchayat and 20.3 acres to the Sailklan panchayat.

The IMC near Rajpura would be developed with the assistance of the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation on 1,000 acres of government and panchayat land.