1 | Name Of Cluster | Roorkee Survey Instruments Cluster |
2 | Place | Roorkee |
3 | District | Haridwar |
4 | State | Uttaranchal |
5 | No of firms (by type) | 250 |
6 | No. of workers | 5000 |
7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 500million |
8 | Associations in cluster | Survey & Drawing Instrument Association, Roorkee Small Scale Industry Association, Roorkee |
9 | Major products | Survey Instrument s kind Vernier Transit Theodolite Dumpy Level I.O.P. Level Reversible Level Quick Set Level Prospector Level Precision Level Telescopic Alidde Prismatic Compass Survey Compass Sprit Level Ranging Rod Ghat Tracer Brunton Compass Calimometer Optical Square Liner Ranger Cross Staff Leveling Staff Antique All types of above survey instruments Sand Timer Binaucular etc |
10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
NA |
11 | Major markets | Conventional technology being used presently by these industries has become obsolete Raw materials, which are obtained from old household utensils and scraps, are rich in impurities like iron and other unwanted materials. The quality of the products depend upon the skill of the machine operators and fitters Products are manufactured by tiny units on job work basis which deteriorate the quality of the equipments. Proper training and educational assistance to entrepreneurs are required in this cluster. Due to the financial crunch to tiny units, they are bound to manufacture survey instruments on job work basis to machining Units There are problems of power cut and road conditions are not conducive. Business development services are not adequate and specifically no marketing Institution, R & D facilities, Testing labs, management Institutions are available to assist this particular sector. |
12 | Major problems/prospects | NA |
13 | Data source and updated on | Craft Cluster in india |