T.N. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurates accommodation for workers at SIDCO Industrial Estate in Coimbatore

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurates accommodation facility for industrial workers in Coimbatore

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated through video conference on Tuesday an accommodation facility for industrial workers at the SIDCO Industrial Estate at Kurichi in Coimbatore city.

An official press release said the ₹23.05-crore project can accommodate 528 workers. Spread over 1.4 acres, the ground plus three floors facility has 111 rooms. The industrial units at the SIDCO estate at Kurichi will take the rooms on rent for their workers and pay the rent to the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO).

The accommodation will be maintained by the Coimbatore SIDCO Industrial Estate Manufacturers Welfare Association. P. Nallathambi, chairman of the project, said the Association will allocate rooms to the industrial units, which in turn, will pay the rent for the workers using the hostel. There are rooms that can accommodate six or four workers each.

Official sources said there are over 3,000 workers at the industrial estate and there is scope to add two more floors to the building.

The Chief Minister also inaugurated virtually a common facility centre for the plastic mould cluster at Vellalore in Coimbatore city. The 4,600 sq.ft centre has come up at ₹4.4 crores, with ₹2.5 crores grant from the Tamil Nadu government. The small and micro industries in the cluster can use the common facilities. Though the cluster has only 20 members, the common facility centre can be used by all the stakeholders in the cluster. It is expected to generate employment to about 400 people.