A team led by K. Mariappan, vice-president of Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries Association comprising office bearers of Salem District Small Scale and Tiny Industries Association met the Union Minister of State for Shipping, Surface Transport and Ports, Pon Radhakrishnan, and presented a memorandum seeking starting of ancillary units on the premises of the Salem Steel Plant.
They said that 4,000 acres were acquired to set up an integrated Steel Plant during 1972.
The plant was now being run as a large size re-rolling mill. They said that only in Salem Steel Plant, MSME units were not permitted to run ancillary units. In other steel plants in the country a separate industrial estate was set up to procure nearly 70 per cent of spares.
They said that more than 2,500 acres of the Salem Steel Plant was lying vacant for more than 40 years. If about 300 acres were allotted to start ancillary units, at least 100 MSME units can be established providing employment for 1,500 youth.
The legal heirs of whose land were acquired for the steel plant could be given preference.
The Salem Steel Plant has recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Butterfly group to produce kitchenware and home appliances. The company would be provided sheds, electricity, and water. The same management refused to allot land on long term lease to the MSME units in the district, they added.
Mr. Mariappan said that the Minister had asked the team to meet the Union Steel Minister.
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