Haveri: ‘I have resolved to provide employment for 10,000 persons in Shiggaon before August 15 next year’, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
The Chief Minister in his address after laying the foundation stone for a Textile Park, Ready Made Garments unit and widening of National Highway-4 said, it has been decided to set up garment units and other labour intensive industries in all the taluks in the next 2-3 years. The Texport Garments unit would provide employment for 3000 persons in the first phase and 5,000 persons in the second phase. The Textiles Park would provide jobs for about 10,000 persons.
Textile sector creates huge job opportunities. About 10 lakh people are working in the Garments industry in Bengaluru, most of them are women. I have a dream to establish textile parks in every district in Northern Karnataka, he said.
A slew of development works including the Textile Park have been launched to generate employment opportunities in a big way. A hospital at a cost of Rs200 cr, GTTC, Cold Storage, residential schools, new PU college and construction of 3000 houses have been taken up, Bommai said.