Kerala govt to set up Kuttiyadi coconut park in Manimala

Manimala, Dec 19 (KNN) The Kerala Industries Minister P. Rajeeve laid down the foundation stone for Rs 7.5 crore Kuttiyadi coconut park at Manimala on Saturday.

Addressing the occasion, Rajeeve said the upcoming park would be an asset to explore the product diversification and marketing possibilities. “Even coconut-based companies from Tamil Nadu are keen to procure the Kuttiyadi variety of coconut for the production of value-added products,” he pointed out. 

Referring to the upcoming coconut park project that was delayed for over 10 years, the Industries minister highlighted that the government is determined to complete the project by 2024. “The project implementation was delayed due to some legal issues.

Now, the detailed project report is ready to start the tendering procedures,” he clarified.

During the ceremony, he also pointed out that the target set by the State government to open one lakh new industrial ventures in Kerala during the 2022-23 financial year has already been achieved by creating 2.3 lakh new employment opportunities.

“The target was achieved in just eight months and the total number of new ventures opened during the period reached 1.8 lakh.

“About 16 gram panchayats have also achieved the 100 per cent target by facilitating new industrial ventures based on the local targets fixed by the government,” he added.

“It is a proud moment for Kerala as about 35,000 new entrepreneurs who head these ventures are women. Of the newly launched units, about 19,000 are food-based projects,” said Rajeeve.

According to the Minister, the State was witnessing a people’s revolution in boosting the number of industrial ventures in the micro small and medium sectors sourcing the unexplored human resources and industry friendly ambiance. “There were financial years when the number of newer industrial ventures was just 10,000 in the State. Now we have a system in place where the interns deployed by the government go in search of potential entrepreneurs,” he pointed.

K.P. Kunhammad Kutty, MLA, presided over the foundation stone lying ceremony. People’s representatives, industrialists and heads of various local bodies were present at the event.  (KNN Bureau)