Mega leather park to come up in at Panapakkam town soon, says TN chief minister Stalin

Ranipet, July 1 (KNN) The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin during an event on Thursday  announced the setting up of mega leather park at Panapakkam town in Sholinghur taluk.

The leather park will be setup in an area covering around 250 acres and would cost an estimate of Rs 400 crore. It will provide jobs for 20,000 persons, mainly women.

Stalin also launched a number of welfare schemes, including the inauguration of the Rs 118.40 crore five-storey Collectorate office. 24 completed projects worth Rs 150.58 crore were inaugurated in the Ranipet district.

Key persons present at the event were Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan, Minister for Public Works, Buildings, Highways and Minor Ports E.V. Velu, Handlooms and Textiles Minister R. Gandhi amongst others.

Referring to district-centric development, the Chief Minister highlighted a list of schemes and projects to be implemented in Ranipet district. For 9,600 persons from the Irula community in Ranipet, the state government has offered assistance by providing them with free house pattas, community certificates, ration cards, voter cards and old age pension.

The state government has also made travelling by bus free for women commuters in the state.

During the event, a total of 101 mothers of children with disabilities were given free sewing machines to stitch yellow cloth bags under the State government-sponsored manjapai scheme.  (KNN Bureau)