UP acquires 96% land for defence industrial corridor

Time of India

21-05-2025

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Lucknow: The state's ambitious
Defence Industrial Corridor
(UPDIC) project has completed 96% of the
land acquisition process
, officials said.
Out of the total approved 2,097 hectare, 2,015 hectare has already been purchased and acquired, an official spokesperson said on Wednesday. The UP expressways industrial development authority (
UPEIDA
) is working at an accelerated pace to complete the corridor by Nov 2025, he added.
As part of the acquisition drive, compensation has been disbursed to approximately 5,800 farmers, with Jhansi district witnessing the highest number of beneficiaries — over 2,000 farmers received compensation for their land, officials said.
Out of the total 2,015 hectare of land for the corridor, more than 1,794 hectare land has been purchased, while over 220 hectare land has been reacquired, transferred, or exchanged.
This project is being developed across six nodes: Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi, Aligarh, Chitrakoot and Agra.
UPEIDA officials said the highest land acquisition has taken place in the Jhansi node, with over 1,087 hectare secured. In Chitrakoot, more than 274 hectare has been acquired in two phases, followed by over 222 hectare in Kanpur Nagar, 160 hectare in Lucknow, 158 hectare in Aligarh (in two phases), and 112 hectare in Agra (also in two phases).
"The land acquisition process has remained transparent, with a strong focus on protecting farmers' interests as per directions of chief minister
Yogi Adityanath
," officials said.
So far, 5,800 farmers have received compensation for their land. The highest number of beneficiaries is in Jhansi, where 2,037 farmers were compensated. This is followed by 1,816 farmers in Chitrakoot (in two phases), 833 in Kanpur Nagar, 493 in Aligarh (in two phases), 369 in Agra (in two phases) and 260 in Lucknow.
In terms of property registration (sale deeds), a total of 2,345 sale deeds have been completed.
"CM Yogi has called the corridor a key part of UP's industrial development and of the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' vision. The govt aims to make UP a $1 trillion economy through this project. Timely completion of the corridor is expected to boost industrial activity and create a large number of local jobs," officials said.