India’s first toy cluster to come up in a remote K’taka village

Koppal (Karnataka), Jan 9 : The next time your child plays with a remote controlled car, watch it, as it might well be manufactured in Karnataka.
Bhanapur, a remote village in Koppal district, is poised to attain star status with the Karnataka government the laying foundation stone for the country’s first toy manufacturing cluster in the village on Saturday.
Spread over 400 acres of land, the toy manufacturing cluster is expected to attract Rs 5,000 crore worth of investments and comes with the potential to generate direct employment for about 30,000 people.
The manufacturing campus is being promoted by Aequs SEZ Pvt Ltd in partnership with Karnataka. Bhanapur village in Koppal district, which has a population of less than 2,000 people, is located 365 km from Bengaluru.
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Vocal For Local’, and to boost toy manufacturing, Koppala will have India’s first toy manufacturing cluster.
After taking part in the foundation stone laying ceremony here, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said that the toy manufacturing cluster will contain over 100 units with a potential to generate 25,000 to 30,000 direct jobs and over one lakh jobs indirectly.