Foundation stone for CEFC at Bardoli laid by Anant Geete

Bardoli, Mar 27 (KNN) South Gujarat will soon get its first common engineering facility centre (CEFC) for textile machinery and allied engineering industry at Bardoli as the foundation stone for the centre has already been laid.

Union Minister of Heavy Industries Anant Geete laid the foundation stone for the CEFC on Sunday. In a tweet, Geete said, “SETU Foundation stone laying ceremony of CECF building at SVP College at Bardoli Gujarat.”

The CEFC will come up on five acres of land at Faculty of Engineering Technology and Research (FETR) at Bardoli, some 35 kilometres away from Surat.

The centre will be constructed at the cost of Rs 50 crore by Science Engineering and Technological Upliftment (SETU) foundation with the support of local industry associations like Surat Engineering Vikas Association (SEVA), Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association of India (TMMAI) and Sardar Vallabhai Patel Education Society, Bardoli.

In December-2016, SETU foundation had signed an MoU with department of heavy industries, ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises, Government of India for setting up of the CEFC at Bardoli.