In the same year, a new industrial township on the outskirts of Noida was established - Greater Noida
By 1995, Greater Noida started attracting global automakers. Next few years saw many giants establish their manufacturing base here.
What happened next? A thread.
It started with South Korean automaker Daewoo Motors in 1995.
Daewoo set-up a huge manufacturing facility with 1 lakh vehicles annual production capacity for its iconic brands like Matiz and Cielo.
200 acres plant, located in Surajpur Industrial Area, was set-up with an investment of almost Rs 4,500 crores in multiple phases, generating thousand of jobs.
After Korean, next came the Japanese global giant - Honda Motors.
Two years after Daewoo, Honda commissioned its plant in Surajpur Industrial Area - in 1997.
Huge 150 acres manufacturing facility was set-up with an investment of Rs 1620 crores in phases to manufacture popular brands like City, Accord & CR-V.
Plant started with 30,000 vehicles capacity initially, ramping up to 1,00,000 vehicles annually later.
In one week from now, the largest religious festival ever happened on this earth will begin in Prayagraj.
The Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati Sangam will witness an unprecedented show of devotion, faith, and humanity.
A thread on what it means.
First the context!
Mahakumbh is organized every 12 years at 4 places ~ Prayagraj, Ujjain, Nashik & Haridwar.
Why 4 places? It is because during Samudra Manthan, the Amrit drops from the Kumbh fell in these 4 locations.
Why 12 years? Because Jupiter takes 12 years to orbit around the Sun.
Prayagraj Kumbh is organized when Jupiter is in Taurus, the Sun, Moon are in Capricorn.
Now the scale.
This year's Maha Kumbh is special as planetary alignment are auspicious which happens once in 144 years only:
🔸4,000 hectares Mela Area
🔸40 crores devotees expected to come
🔸Rs 6,382 crores budget allocated by the government
🔸Mela Kshetra is declared as 76th district of UP with all administrative powers of a DM given to Mela Adhikari.