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UP govt, IIT Kanpur join hands for Bundelkhand Defence Corridor centre

Bundelkhand Defence Corridor spans six districts --- Agra, Aligarh, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi and Chitrakoot

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Army personnel practice on Arjun Armoured Rapid Recovery Vehicle (ARRV) ahead of the International 'DefExpo2018' scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, on the outskirts of Chennai | PTI

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
The Uttar Pradesh government and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K), have joined hands to set up a Centre of Excellence for the proposed Bundelkhand Defence Corridor.

The proposed centre would entail investment of about Rs 3.65 billion, to be contributed by the state government and IIT-K, official sources told Business Standard.

UP chief secretary Anup Chandra Pandey has asked IIT-K deputy director Manindra Agarwal to prepare the detailed project report (DPR) so that the work begins as soon as possible.

After inaugurating UP Investors’ Summit on February 21 in Lucknow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that a Defence Corridor would