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Local residents and stakeholders person demanded contiguous completion of Sivaganga SIPCOT Industrial Park infrastructure to pave the mode for a projected ₹5,300 crore tyre manufacturing plant.
Work for mounting up the concern parkland crossed 769 acres successful Arasur country adjacent Sivaganga is nether way. According to sources, 108 acres successful Arasur, 599 acres successful Aiyumagapatti, and 62 acres successful Kalathur person been acquired for the project. The instauration for the task was laid successful 2014, but enactment is yet to beryllium completed. Only 108 acres acquired successful Arasur country is ready. The plots successful Aiyumagapatti and Kalathur areas are not wholly ready.
In bid to supply entree to the concern park, a 30-metre-wide roadworthy is being constructed from Madurai-Thondi National Highway adjacent Arasur and the suburbs. The tar road, spanning a region of 3 km, has been laid for lone 1.5 km wherever authorities onshore is located. The remaining roadworthy tin beryllium constructed lone if 15.28 acres of onshore are acquired from backstage individuals, said the sources.
Further, the SIPCOT medication has not paid ₹5 crore to the authorities done the District Collector for authorities land. Due to this, the concern parkland SIPCOT medication has not handed implicit the land. Under these circumstances, an statement was signed a fewer months agone to found a backstage tyre manufacturing works successful the 599-acre country of Aiyumagpatti with an concern of ₹5,300 crores.
It was stated that if the works was established, it would supply employment opportunities for astir 1,000 people.
Asked astir the impasse, Sivaganga SIPCOT officials said, “Funds volition beryllium allocated soon done the SIPCOT medication and volition beryllium paid to the District Collector. The tyre institution is conducting preliminary inspection to acceptable up the plant. Once they statesman operation work, the concern parkland volition beryllium ready. There is simply a full of 3 roads to scope the concern park.”
The territory Revenue officials said the process of onshore acquisition from backstage individuals had not been completed. Funds would beryllium allocated erstwhile support was obtained from the government. Appropriate compensation would beryllium provided to landowners. After that, the roadworthy would beryllium constructed. All works were being expedited.
