Uttar Pradesh to see Rs 700 crore investment from Hindustan Unilever by 2025

The state of Uttar Pradesh is set to see Rs 700 crore worth of investments from by 2025, according to the state's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

During the inauguration of a spray dried detergent powder manufacturing unit of Hindustan Unilever India in the Harimpur district, Adityanath praised Bunelkhand's progress, saying that it "is becoming a heaven on earth today," and that it used to be a place "from where investors used to run away and youth used to flee"

According to an official spokesperson, the Chief Minister added that will create lakhs of direct and indirect employment opportunities in the region in the next three years.

Talking virtually at the inauguration of the Sumerpur plant, Adityanath added that the investment "strengthens the economy but also becomes an easy medium for employment generation and community development. In a backward area like Sumerpur, this plant will, directly and indirectly, become a medium of employment for lakhs of people."

Chief Minister Adityanath's inauguration of the plant is one of the many developments in the Bundelkhand area, with a new defence corridor recently coming up and the recently inaugurated Bundelkhand Expressway.