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Detailed explanation-1: -With the mega leather cluster at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh will become the first state in the country to establish a leather park. The leather park will be equipped with an effluent treatment plant to keep a check on pollution.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Kanpur. Uttar Pradesh government will establish the first leather park of the country in the Kanpur district. The project will be established in 268 area of land in Ramaipur village of Kanpur district and is expected to attract an investment of more than Rs 5850 crores.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tamil Nadu is the biggest leather producing state in India. Around 40 per cent of the total leather produced in the country comes from Tamil Nadu itself. Some major leather producing areas of Tamil Nadu are Chennai, Vaniyambadi, Dindigul, Vellore, and Trichy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The major production centers for leather and leather products in India are located in the states of : 1) Tamil Nadu – Chennai, Ambur, Ranipet, Vaniyambadi, Vellore, Pernambut, Trichy, Dindigul and Erode. 2) West Bengal – Kolkata. 3) Uttar Pradesh – Kanpur, Agra, Noida, Saharanpur; Maharashtra – Mumbai.

Detailed explanation-5: -’Leather City’, ‘Manchester of the East’, Kanpur is India’s oldest and largest industrial city and is the economic capital of Uttar Pradesh. The leather industry in Kanpur began in the nineteenth century when British forces made the area their base.