This story is from September 22, 2021

Min: Govt working to bring industries to all parts of state

Min: Govt working to bring industries to all parts of state
Coimbatore: Industries minister Thangam Thennarasu on Tuesday said the state government was working for the uniform growth of industries and would take efforts to develop the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the district.
He was in the city to attend a conclave that was organized by Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Limited (TIIC) and the district chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industry.

Thennarasu said industries were presently interested in setting up units in and around Chennai. “We want to change that and bring industries to all parts of the state. The government is also taking efforts to encourage and support MSMEs in the state.”
The minister met industrialists in the district and sought to know their requirements and demands from the state government.
M V Ramesh Babu, president, Coimbatore District Small Industries Association, said the defence ministry was willing to set up a state-of-the-art testing infrastructure for the defence sector in the district. “We have requested the minister to provide 25% of the financial assistance from the state government to set up the same, the project cost of which is pegged at Rs400 crore.”
Upon the commission of the centre, he said, the defence component manufacturers in the district wouldn’t be required to send their components for testing to Nasik or Pune.

“We have asked him to kickstart container manufacturing in the state as that will help meet the shortage of containers for export companies,” Ramesh Babu said.
The industrialists have also asked the minister to include the district in the bilateral air space agreement to enable easy access to foreign airlines and speed up the land acquisition for the airport expansion.
They urged the minister to promote the use of foundry sand, which now remains unused, for road construction and making solid block and pavers, as the same was non-hazardous.
Since meeting the growing housing demand for guest workers has become a challenging task, it was suggested at the conclave to create employee townships under the public-private partnership mode as a satellite city to improve their standard of living.
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