V. Vaithilingam, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Puducherry has requested the Union Government to establish a textile park on the land where textile mills such as Anglo French Textiles, Bharathi Mill and Swadeshi Mill functioned but are now defunct in Puducherry.
Raising the subject of closed textile mills in Puducherry, he said in the Parliament that the park could be established in the existing buildings of the defunct mills under the PM MITRA scheme. The workers of the mills could be utilised for operating the Textile Park.
The MP said that after the mills stopped functioning, hundreds of people were left jobless. The mills are situated on around 100 acres of land. The centre should consider utilising the land by setting up a Textile Park.
This initiative aims to revitalise the region’s textile industry and reutilise the existing buildings and skilled workforce.
By leveraging the available resources and infrastructure, the proposed textile park seeks to contribute to the development of Puducherry.
