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Development of industries in kanpur
Development of industries After 1857 it became an important center of the leather and textile
industries. Government Harness and Saddler Factory was started for supplying leather material for army in 1860, followed by Cooper Allen & Co. in 1880. The first cotton textile mill, the Elgin Mills were started in 1862 and Moiré Mills in 1882. The British India Corporation (BIC) was headquartered here and led the development of many industries. The first Indian business house of Cawnpore was the firm NihalChand KishoriLal which set up a trading facility in 1857. This firm was a leader in Oil milling and had many oil mills spread across North India. The Juggilal Kamlapat Singhania family launched many industrial units between 1930 and 1970. The group is known as J K Group of Industries till date. The Jaipuria family contributed to the patriotic cause, by building the Swadeshi Cotton Mills in response to charges that the foreign rulers were raiding India of its cotton only to sell back textiles to the residents. Kanpur was known as the "Manchester of India" during the 20th Century. The NihalChand KishoriLal group (also knows as Kejriwal Group) over time diversified into flour milling, tea plantations and steel. They bought over in 1942 Cawnpore Flour Mills which had been established in 1886 by Edward Foy a Scotsman. New Cawnpore Flour Mills is at present one of the larger flour mills of North India and still managed by the same family. The steel industry was first brought to Kanpur by Singh Engineering and grew with JK Steel and the many ordanance factories which were set up. The Kejriwal''s set up a ministeel mill on the outskirts of Kanpur which is now a leading long products manufacturer. Kanpur is also an important center for India''s leather industry with numerous leading manufacturers, situated in the Jajmau Leather Industrial hub, which is exported worldwide. It is supposed to be the largest Sugar market in entire North India. As of now, the city also owns many leather tanneries, a 2-wheeler factory owned by LML Ltd., under collaboration with Italy''s Piaggio; and over a dozen Defence Ordnance Factories such as Small-Arms Factory, Ordnance Parachute Factory etc. It is also home to the pan masala and gutkha industry. Kanpur in the recent years has seen a phase of changing industry with LML Plant slowing down production drastically,however there has been some growth in the plastics and the 3-wheeler automotive industries. Companies like Lohia Starlinger Ltd, JSL, Kanpur Plastipack Ltd, Ganesh Polytex, JS Automobile, KD Plastics, Modi Chemicals, Netplast have marked growth in Kanpur. Kanpur has by far been neglected by the local state government in spite of it''s huge contribution to the economy and revenue to the exchequer.It is quite past it''s pristine glory and needs all-round government coperation to excel and mark it''s place once again in the Industrial scenario. Many of the British contributed vigorously to charitable causes in the city by building the Ursula Horsmann Hospital, the "Hallet" Hospital, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, by protecting the Allen Forest (now a Zoo) and many other efforts. Most of these are now renamed, though a lot of residents still call them by their old names. The distortion of names is most visible at the railway crossing bridge next to the Railway Station, where the now-closed Murray Company is conveniently called Mari (Dead) Company. As every other city, Kanpur too has its problems. Due to the onset of leather industries, the pollution level, especially air pollution has gone to a dangerously high level. Due to lack of proper planning this most populated city of northern India after Delhi is a victim of congestion and overcrowding. Urban planning has yet to evolve. Agencies responsible for it have still a long way to go from selling plots of land to planning wholesome development. A recent article in the Time Asia magazine says it all regarding the pollution in the city. New industries like detergent, saddlary. food processing, pan masala, tea packaging, plastics(&packaging), leather processing & goods have developed in the city.
Published: March 09, 2008
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