Steel furniture cluster to come up near Perumbavoor soon
The Hindu
Common facility centre involves investment of about ₹16 crore
More than 600 steel furniture units in Ernakulam will get a common facility centre close to Perumbavoor, which will enable the units to produce quality steel furniture with world-class finish.
Jolly Pappachan, chairman of the Kalady Steel Consortium, said work on the common facility centre had begun and the centre and the automated machines there would bring about a major transformation in the steel furniture culture in the district.
The steel furniture industry employs around one lakh people in the district and is a flourishing one despite the presence of Chinese products. Sources said though the products were of great finish, they often failed to comply with quality standards.
In 2011, the Karnataka government announced that five botanical gardens will be developed on the lines of the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru across the State. But according to the latest developments, there will only be four such gardens as the Horticulture Department is most likely to drop the project that was supposed to come up in Chikkaballapura district.