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Apparel Park may soon come up at Warangal

When the then Andhra Pradesh government proposed an Integrated Apparel and Textile Park way back in 2004, the locals who were tired of dreaming the revival of Azam Jahi Mills, the only industry in Warangal thought that it was a god send opportunity for them.

Now, twelve years hence, the dream of the apparel park looks like coming to reality. Post bifurcation of the State, it appears that all is not lost with the new government coming up with an ambitious plan to establish a textile park and a garment cluster to generate employment opportunities to the locals.

The move is also expected to bring back those working with the textile and garment industry in places like Surat, Bhiwandi, Solapur and other places in pursuit of their livelihood. Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) Zonal Manager Raman Rathod commented that the authority that acquired the land on the suburbs of tri-cities near Madikonda for the purpose has handed over 60 acres to the 360-member Kakatiya Textile & Weavers Welfare Podupu & Parapati Paraspara Sahayaka Sahakara Sangham. This apart, another 45 acres have been earmarked for the proposed Garment Cluster.

Sangham president Darga Swamy observed that there was a huge scope for the growth of textile and garment industry as the district was endowed with all the resources. This apart, cotton is cultivated in nearly 2.47 lakh hectares of land in the district.

It’s learnt that TSIIC has another 50-odd acre of land at its disposal in case the government wants to develop a full-fledged Apparel Park.

In a bid to provide employment to the locals, the then Telugu Desam government had planned to establish Apparel and Textile Park on the premises of Azam Jahi Mills’ land through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) with the assistance from the Centre.

With an eye on promoting exports and design research on par with the growing market needs, the aim of the project was to incorporate state-of-the-art power looms and other facilities for the handloom and garment clusters.

Since the laying of the foundation stone for the apparel park on February 19, 2004, neither the TDP government nor the Congress which won back-to-back elections in 2004 and 2009 in the State apparently make any effort to take the project forward.

When The Hans India sought to know about the status of the Apparel Park, Handlooms and Textile Department Assistant Director M Raghunandan Reddy had replied saying that the government has not taken any decision on the Apparel Park and the land admeasuring about 27 acres in the Azam Jahi Mills earmarked for the purpose was still in their possession.

 
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