Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (CN)
Mangalore, Jul 15: The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has sought a meeting with Murugesh R Nirani, the state’s minister for large and medium scale industries, to request sufficient land for the Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) to function as a ‘general multiproduct special economic zone’.
A letter to this effect, addressed to the minister, said that the current status of the MSEZ was restricted to a petroleum and petrochemical SEZ only for want of sufficient land—a minimum 2500 acres as specified by the Government of India.
The letter also said that there are investors already lined up who are looking forward to setting up their units for the purpose of export in the region. The KCCI has requested that the land required for making up the quota of 1000 hectares be made available to the Mangalore SEZ as per MoU signed between the MSEZ Ltd and the state government.
The letter further added that the multiproduct SEZ will generate employment for about 1,25,000 people directly and twice that number indirectly which is a dire need of our state and cannot be expected from a sector specific SEZ.
The letter also stated that a large number of families of the area identified for land acquisition have already consented to part with their land to KIADB for industrial development and hence further action in this regard needed to be initiated immediately.