Before the revised pollution control directives put the Agra diesel generator manufacturing industry off its track, the foundry industry of this town ranked among the countrys largest assemblies of metal casting industrial units, generating business of over Rs 6,000 crores.
According to the Agra District Industrial Centre officials, there were 226 iron foundries and about 340 metal casting units functioning in Agra in the decade of 1990-2000.
However, after the use of coking coal in the blast furnaces, utilised by these units, was banned by the Central Pollution Control Board, the foundry and metal-casting industry faced a serious setback and the number of industrial units reduced drastically.
Amar Mittal, Chairman, Agra Iron Founders Association, said, Despite being more than 100 years old, the Agra metal-casting and foundry industry had not yet received exposure in the global market.
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