Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday unveiled five SIDCO industrial estates, set up in Chengalpattu, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem and Tiruvannamalai districts at a total cost of ₹171.24 crore. They are expected to provide direct employment to 7,200 persons and indirect employment to over 15,000 persons.
He also unveiled a new building in the Integrated Textile Park at Thandarai, constructed at a cost of ₹2.22 crore.
A 67.69-acre estate had been set up at Alathur near Tiruporur taluk of Chengalpattu district with the potential to provide direct employment to 2,000 persons and indirect employment to over 4,000 persons. A 57.18-acre estate had been established at Periyakolapadi in Chengam taluk of Tiruvannamalai district to provide direct employment to 1,800 persons and indirect employment to 4,000 persons, an official press release said.
