The Himachal Pradesh administration intends to establish two new industrial areas in the districts of Hamirpur and Bilaspur in an effort to bring the advantages of industrialization to interior regions.

At a meeting of the Standing Committee held here on June 28 and presided over by Principal Secretary for Industries, RD Nazeem, it was decided to establish two new industrial parks in order to draw in investors.

The endeavour is to take industry to interior parts of the state so that people also get economic dividends from industrial growth. The main industry is located in Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh, besides Kala Amb and Paonta Sahib in Sirmaur district, Sansarpur Terrace in Kangra and Tahliwal in Una district.

It is after obtaining the report from the Revenue Department that 83.03 kanal land will be transferred in the name of the Industries Department. The villages where this industrial estate will be set up include Jahu Kalan, Mewa, Bhoranj and Jahu Khurad.

Similarly, the Revenue Department has conveyed approval for transfer of 40 bighas land in the name of the Industries Department at Bhadrog in Ghumarwin area of Bilaspur.