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Lucknow to build next-gen BrahMos missiles, confirms Rajnath Singh
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh said the manufacturing unit of BrahMos unit in Lucknow would facilitate employment for around 5,000 people.
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday that the state-of-the-art next-generation range of BrahMos missiles will be manufactured in Lucknow.
While inaugurating a slew of developmental projects, Rajnath Singh said Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has informed him that the proposed manufacturing unit of BrahMos missiles in the state would generate employment for an estimated 5,000 people.
"Nobody ever imagined that missiles would be manufactured in Uttar Pradesh. BrahMos missiles will be manufactured near Lucknow," the defence minister was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Adityanath gave his consent to the project last week. According to media reports, director general of BrahMos Aerospace Sudhir Kumar Mishra had last week written to Uttar Pradesh's additional chief secretary (home) Awanish Awasthi, seeking 200 acres of land for the project at the UP Defence Industrial Corridor.
Speaking on the occasion, Singh said that each household in Lucknow would get piped natural gas (PNG) connections soon. "I have been informed by Green gas Limited that a target has been set to provide PNG gas to each household in Lucknow which will reduce the consumption of LPG gas," he added.
