Trivandrum Chamber of Commerce and Industry seeks improved trade ties between Thiruvananthapuram and TN
The Hindu
Chamber representatives meet M.K. Stalin in Chennai
The Trivandrum Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) has sought measures to boost trade and commerce between Thiruvananthapuram and the southern districts of Tamil Nadu, mainly Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli.
TCCI representatives, who met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Monday in Chennai, said Mr. Stalin promised measures to improve infrastructure and consider favourable policy intervention in this regard.
The TCCI requested Mr. Stalin to create an industrial corridor connecting Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari with Thiruvananthapuram with special emphasis on agro, marine and green energy-based industries and the MSME sector. The corridor would spur economic activity in the region and create jobs on either side of the border, TCCI president S. N. Raghuchandran Nair said in a statement. According to him, Mr. Stalin agreed to intervene to ensure that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) does not foreclose the two projects four-laning the stretch linking the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border to Kanyakumari. The TCCI stressed the need for a road bypassing the bottle-neck at Nagercoil.