The Tamil Nadu Government has initiated steps to establish a textile city in Chennai. Karur, Tirupur and Kancheepuram would also be converted into textile export hubs. The Government is planning to establish a 1,500-acre textile park in the southern part of the state and a textile park in Chennai.
Moreover, a design and incubation centre would be established at the cost of Rs. 10 crore. The Government is taking steps to soon formulate a new integrated textile policy for the state.
The state’s Chief Minister M K Stalin made these announcements. He was addressing an international conference on technical textiles.
The CM said, “We are not only competing with different states in India but also with different countries. For Tamil Nadu to make an impact and be seen, the State Government is establishing export hubs in Karur, Tirupur and Kancheepuram to increase the textile exports from the state.”
Further, an action plan has been evolved to modernise the sector at an outlay of Rs. 29.34 crore. The SIPCOT has acquired land for establishing a mega textile park on 1,500-acre land at Kumaralingapuram village, Virudhunagar district.
The Government would issue an order soon for providing a wage hike of Rs. 2,500 to all permanent workers of 6 cooperative spinning mills. Funds have been sanctioned to provide an 11 KW dedicated electrical power feederline for the benefit of 3 such mills.
During the event, 6 MoUs were signed with American companies, Czech Republic, Japan and domestic companies in the field of technical textile production and textile processing.
The MoUs exchanged were on recovery of chemicals from wastewater in common effluent treatment, higher energy savings solutions for pump applications in common effluent treatment plants, reduction of water consumption in the textile processing industry and pollution to the environment, production and sales activities of meditech products and technical knowledge and investment of Japanese textile industries.
