State-owned Bharat Electronics Ltd’s (BEL) over ₹562 crore investment in UP defence industrial corridor (UPDIC) rolled out on Wednesday with the allotment of 75 hectares of land in the Chitrakoot node to begin production of defence systems. Under this project, the BEL will establish an advanced manufacturing unit for the production of state-of-the-art radar and air defence systems.

So far, the UPDIC has attracted over ₹34,000 crore in investments, with ₹12,000 crore already disbursed across six nodes covering Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Kanpur, Chitrakoot, and Lucknow. As per the UPDIC officials, at least 62 industries have been allotted land across the six nodes for production and testing facilities. They include; BrahMos Aerospace Private Ltd , Adani Defence and Aerospace, Aerolloy Technologies Ltd, Werywin Defence Ltd, Nitya Creations, Sankalp Safety, and Amitec Electronics Ltd.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath handed over the land allotment letter to the BEL Chairman and Managing Director Manoj Jain for establishing the production facility in the Chitrakoot node which has better logistics connectivity and geographical suitability.