Article Published In Vol.1 (Nov-Dec-2013)

Development of industrialization in Haridwar and the application of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis

Author : Deepali and Namita Joshi

It is the most acceptable fact that the most distinctive feature of modern civilization is industrialization. A lot of new things, technologies and many more have become possible only due to industrialization. As a result of this, Earth’s physical state is also changing. If we do not try to conserve our planet, the human race, are drifting towards a dark age which may be very difficult to get away from it. Regardless the fact of evident gains from industrialization and the success of many countries in achieving it, numerous other countries remain unindustrialized and poor [1]. In the few last years the Uttrakhand state came forth as one of the most desiring industrial destination in India. In Haridwar, many industrial areas including SIDCUL came into existence and flourishing at a very large scale. Blooming industrialization has caused many positive as well as negative impacts in this area. This paper focused on status of industrialization, and strength, weakness, opportunities and threats caused by industrialization.

Keywords: industrialization, SWOT analysis, BHEL, SIDCUL, Haridwar.