Union minister Ananth Kumar has said that a plastic park will be set up over a 75 acre land in Panipat at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore, while a pharma park will be set in over a 100 acre land in Karnal.

The plastic park to be set up in Panipat will generate employment opportunities for 30,000 plastic engineers and technicians, Kumar said, adding the pharma park in Karnal aims make the country self-sufficient in terms of medicine production, and would help reduce production cost by 30 per cent.

The Union government will provide all general facilities in the Pharma Park, he said.