Kanpur: As a district Kanpur Nagar is fast developing as an important textile hub with a mushroom growth of new factories.
It was reportedly said that Kanpur Plastipack Limited has invested a big sum of Rs 200 crore in Kanpur Dehat (Rural), RP Poly Packs Rs 150 crore in Rania and GLKK Industries Rs 25 crore for fabric production respectively.
Similarly, Srishti Industries has founded a knitting factory in Kanpur Dehat while Gadgets Apparel has established a garment unit and Anilikha Fabric a hosiery cloth mill in this district.
Apart from this, Raj Lakshmi Cotton Mills, Kalyani Innerwear, TT Limited and Sunwin Textile have set up their units in Noida, Ghaziabad, Amroha and Badaun, respectively.
Raj Lakshmi Cotton Mills has set up a readymade garment factory and Sunwin Textile a lace fabrics unit at the cost of Rs 50 crore each.
Efforts are being made to provide land to five industrialists, who want to set up their textile factories at the cost of Rs 36.36 crore.