Karnataka CM Asks Officials To Select Land For Jeans Park In Ballari

Ballari, Aug 9 (KNN) Chief Minister Siddaramaiah chaired a meeting with elected representatives from Ballari district and directed district minister B Nagendra and Ballari City MLA Nara Bharath Reddy to search for land to set up the jeans textile park and soon prepare a Detailed Project Report.

This is one of Congress’ pre-poll promise which is moving one step closer to becoming a reality.

Apart from the five guarantees ahead of the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections, former Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi had promised Rs 5,000 crore to set up an apparel park in Ballari.

MLA Nara Bharath Reddy told TNIE that CM Siddaramaiah convened a meeting with all the MLAs of Ballari and discussed the projects being implemented in the district.  

The MLA said it was a long-pending demand of jeans manufacturers to have a separate textile park in the district.  “Our government has taken steps in the right direction to make Ballari the jeans capital. The CM has instructed us to prepare a DPR and look for suitable land in Ballari city to construct the textile park. We will submit the DPR at the earliest. I will discuss the same with the district administration and prepare a list of vacant government lands,” the MLA said.

“We hope that the government will soon implement the project. We are waiting for the textile park to be set up in the district as it will let us market our products in one place... it will also make Ballari the jeans capital of the country,” a jeans manufacturer told TNIE.  (KNN Bureau)