Rs. 300 CRORE APPAREL PARK TO BE
SET UP IN TIRUPUR, TAMILNADU
An apparel
park will soon come up in Tirupur, Tamilnadu, with an investment
of Rs. 300 crore. When completed, the apparel park will provide
employment to about 21,000 persons. The Textiles Minister Shri
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain will lay the foundation for the project
in Tirupur on 4th July 2003. Initially there will be
55 export houses in the Tirupur Apparel Park with a total covered
space of 60,000 square feet. The Ministry of Textiles is providing
an assistance of Rs. 17 crore for the project out of which Rs.10
crore is towards building infrastructure, Rs. 5 crore towards
effluent treatment plant and Rs. 2 crore for R&D and training
facilities.
Tirupur Exporters
Association has already purchased 165 acres of land at a cost
of Rs. 4.05 crore at Etiveerampalayam village, about 40 kilometers
from Coimbatore airport. A project company, Netaji Apparel Park
has also been registered with leading exporters on its Board of
Directors. The Tamilnadu government has appointed New Tirupur
Area Development Corporation Limited as a nodal agency to coordinate
the setting up of the Park.
The Textiles Minister
Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain has directed the Ministry officials
to work in close coordination with the Tirupur Exporters Association
so that there is no impediment in the project implementation and
factories are put up early. He had reviewed the progress of pending
project after he took charge of the Ministry and has expedited
action.
Apparel Parks for
Exports Scheme seeks to provide world-class infrastructure facilities
for setting up modern apparel manufacturing units of international
standards which will work as one-stop-shop for reputed international
buyers. So far, nine such projects have been sanctioned since
the formal launch of the scheme.
