Workers’ hostel at Kurichi in Coimbatore gets a few occupants

A workers’ hostel constructed by the Tamil Nadu authorities astatine Kurichi SIDCO Industrial Estate has got occupants for 26 of its 116 rooms.

The remaining rooms volition get occupants aft Deepavali arsenic respective impermanent workers person gone location for the festival, said an authoritative of the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO).

The hostel, which has 528 rooms and is dispersed crossed 1.49 acres, was built astatine ₹23.05 crore to accommodate 528 workers and was inaugurated by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in March this year. The rooms are of 2 types (430 sq. ft and 394 sq.ft) - 1 to accommodate lone the workers and the different is for workers who are present with their household members.

The manufacture owners astatine the SIDCO Industrial Estate astatine Kurichi nevertheless consciousness that the rooms whitethorn not get much takers. “In information the fig of workers astatine the units volition trim aft Deepavali arsenic galore whitethorn not return. Initially, the Coimbatore SIDCO Industrial Estate Manufacturers’ Welfare Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the SIDCO to connection the rooms astatine ₹1,100 a idiosyncratic oregon ₹1,500 if they are with their household members. The industries volition wage the rent to SIDCO connected behalf of their workers. However, the rent quoted by the SIDCO present is ₹18,000 a room, including ₹4,000 for attraction each month. There is nary drinking h2o connection, nary underground drainage connection, and the energy charges are not included. Rooms are disposable astatine Kurichi for ₹800 to ₹1,000 a worker.

The authorities constructed a akin installation for workers astatine the Ambattur Industrial Estate and determination excessively the Association was incapable to get occupants for the rooms. Any installation created by the authorities should not look astatine gross from the task but astatine however it tin beryllium made utile for the public. The MSMEs cannot spend specified precocious rents and hence, it is hard to find takers for the hostel, said an MSME portion proprietor astatine the SIDCO estate.