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PARK TO BOOST LARGE, SMALL INDUSTRIES: E P JAYARAJAN ormer Industries Minister and MLA E P Jayarajan Fhas said that the KINFRA Industrial Park at in Kan- nur district, that will host industries having good potential will become functional along with the Kan- nur International Airport Limited (KIAL). He was speaking after inau- gurating the construction work of roads within the Park premises. The five-km road inside the Park is part of the project to provide basic infrastructural facilities for the industries that will be set up here. Set up on 128.59 acres of land at basic infrastructure for their func- would be leased out to the industries in taluk and tioning,” added the MLA. as per their requirements. The units Kolari in taluk, the KINFRA “We had submitted a proposal to inside the Park will be mainly export Park will have the facilities to host the government for acquiring 4000 -oriented industries. large-scale industrial projects. Out acres of land near the airport and “There are enquiries from of the total area, 80 acres of land have received sanction for acquiring various investors, but we have not can be utilised now. Tenders will around 2000 acres,” said P Mura- finalised on anyone,” added Mura- soon be invited for works to provide leedharan, North Zone Manager, leedharan. water and electricity to the Park. KINFRA. Currently, construction of inter- According to Jayarajan, the Park Located within close proximity to nal roads, undertaken with an outlay will soon become the largest indus- the -Coorg and Thalassery- of Rs. 12.5 crore, apart from drains trial park in Kannur. It will be one Coorg roads, the Park will house and allied works are underway. The of the growth indexes of the district a logistics centre that includes work has been awarded to Jasmine along with the international airport. Constructions, Kasargod. The “Situated barely three km from SET UP ON 128.59 basic amenities at the Park will also KIAL, the Park can attract small and ACRES OF LAND, THE include uninterrupted power supply large-scale investors. The State Gov- KINFRA PARK WILL and water supply system. ernment is planning to acquire more The KINFRA Park will offer land at Mattannur for further de- HAVE FACILITIES single-window clearance for the cli- velopment of the Park. Apart from TO HOST LARGE ents. They will also get support from this, steps have been initiated to set INDUSTRIAL UNITS KINFRA for major expansion and up an IT Centre also in Mattannur diversification plans. The land will constituency,” the MLA said. warehouse, food processing special be differentiated into various plots “ As and when the Kannur air- economic zone, export enclave, for various industries. Once estab- port becomes functional, there will hospitality sector (hotels), and IT- lished, the Park is expected to create be a bigger need for the develop- related industries. over 1500 job opportunities. ment of industries here and it is the KINFRA will provide Standard Other KINFRA officials also par- responsibility of KINFRA to provide Design Factories (SDF) which ticipated in the inaugural function.

46 / Destination l June 2018 SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS MOOTED

mphasising on the maximum tion of certain indices for evaluating best park as well as units within the Eutilisation of land, Dr. K El- the performance of the parks based park. langovan IAS, Principal Secretary, on utilization of land, allotment of “There should be training pro- Department of Industries & Com- land and built-up spaces, revenue grammes, theme-based refresher merce, has generated from park, self-sustenance courses and exhibitions at the laid down a slew of suggestions for of the park and other criteria. He park-level for the entrepreneurs. the development of KINFRA parks said that these indices will be the Maximum utilisation of the acquired across the State. He paid a visit to benchmark for evaluation of com- land for industrial purposes should the KINFRA Headquarters to review petition within the industrial parks. also be ensured,” said the Principal the activities of KINFRA. Ellangovan also mooted annual Secretary. Ellangovan suggested prepara- performance-based awards to the He said that rules related to al- lotment, including revoking land from defaulters, should be strictly followed. “Timely action on default- ers will encourage genuine entrepre- neurs,” Ellangovan added. Wg. Cdr. K A Santhosh Kumar, MD, KINFRA; Dr. T Unnikrishnan, GM (Projects); G Sunil, GM (Plan- ning & Business Development) and other senior officials attended the meeting.

KINFRA ORGANISES EVENT TO FIMCA PLAST OPENS AT PROMOTE DEFENCE PARK KINFRA TEXTILE CENTRE INFRA, along Kwith Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) – Complex and Palakkad Man- agement Associa- tion (PMA) organised an interactive session at the PMA he first venture of Fimca Marine Projects LLP, Hall, Palakkad to explain the opportunities available at the TFimca Plast LLP, a plastic box production upcoming KINFRA Defence Park at Ottappalam in the dis- unit spread over one care of land, was inaugurated trict. Wg. Cdr. K A Santhosh Kumar, MD, KINFRA briefed at the KINFRA Textile Centre at Kannur. The in detail about the investment opportunities available at the new venture was inaugurated by M Maimoonath, facility for defence equipment manufacturers. Sixty acres of President, grama panchayat in land has been earmarked for the KINFRA Defence Park, a the presence of K P M K Kunji, Chairman, Fimca greenfield cluster which is a first-of-its-kind in the country. Marine Project LLP. Jeeva Anandan, MD, KINFRA The Park, with a total outlay of Rs. 131 crore, is be- International Apparel Parks Ltd., was also present ing developed with assistance from the Union Ministry on the occasion. Fimca Marine Projects is a joint of Commerce and Industry. Dr. T Unnikrishnan, GM venture launched by many small-scale and major (Projects) ; V R Balu, Manager; V Muralikrishnan, Junior fish sellers.Panchayat officials and representatives Manager (all KINFRA); P Sivakumar, Plant Head, BEML, of political parties were also present at the event. Palakkad; K V John, President, PMA; and Sumesh K Me- non, Vice President, PMA also attended.

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