Govt Reallocates Land for HCL-Foxconn Chip Unit to Expedite Progress

According to an official letter from local authorities, the Uttar Pradesh government has allocated approximately 48 acres of land for the HCL-Foxconn semiconductor plant at a new location under YEIDA in response to the company's request to reduce infrastructure and associated procedural delays.

Earlier, the UP government's Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) issued a letter of intent (LoI) to allocate 50 acres of land parcel in Sector 10 to HCL-Foxconn OSAT joint venture Vama Sundari.

However, HCL requested that YEIDA allocate land in a different location due to the expected delay caused by the ongoing land acquisition process and the establishment of basic infrastructure in Sector 10.

"In response to your request made...we are pleased to inform you that a revised land pocket of approximately 48 acres is planned for your project in sector 28 of YEIDA," YEIDA CEO Arun Vir Singh stated in the LoI issued to HCL for Vama Sundari Investments (Delhi) Private Limited on March 6.

The letter of intent (LOI) for Vama Sundari's land parcel has been issued for outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT) for display driver integrated circuits.

Queries sent to YEIDA CEO, HCL, and Foxconn received no immediate response. Vama Sundari will be the first chip manufacturing facility proposed in Uttar Pradesh.