CLE confirms no tanneries at new leather cluster
14/05/2012
A CLE delegation held talks in April with the chief minister of Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, on the possibility of building a cluster at Mewat. Reports at the time said the proposal involved finished leathergoods only and included no plans for a tannery on the site.
In response to an enquiry from leatherbiz.com, CLE executive director, Dr Saalai Maraan, has explained: “Under the guidelines of the mega leather cluster scheme notified by the government of India, tanneries have been excluded.”
We are following up to ask the reasons for this and to ask if it applies only to the development at Mewat or to all proposed mega clusters.
An initial announcement about mega-clusters, in which tanneries were to be co-located with supply companies, leathergoods manufacturers and a state-of-the-art effluent treatment plant, came at the start of 2011. In February this year, CLE president, Rafeeque Ahmed, said that it was up to companies in the leather industry to identify and purchase the sites for the cluster projects and that government support would come in the shape of infrastructure improvements, including better roads, access to water and energy and communications technology. He said he was optimistic that the mega-clusters would be up and running within five years.
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