Centre deploys team to inspect land for mega textile park in Kadapa district, AP

Vijayawada, May 5 (KNN) The central government has appointed a team led by HS Nanda, Director, Union Textiles department to visit Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh to inspect and review the prospects of establishing a mega textile park in Kopparthy. 

At the the national conference on PM MITRA parks in New Delhi on Wednesday, Special Chief Secretary (Industries) Karikal Valaven submitted the proposal to union government for setting up mega textile in 1,186 acres of land in Kopparthy.

He urged the centre to set up the textile park either in the jurisdiction of Kopparthy node in Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor or in the Jagananna Mega Industrial Hub in Kadapa district.

Emphasising on the support from the state government to the textile units, he said that the government extended all support and stood with the textile units by giving incentives during the Covid pandemic. 

He further explained the Industry Policy 2020-23 and the special incentives announced by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for the new units in Kopparthy. (KNN Bureau)