Will set up textile park in every Taluk of North Karnataka, says CM Bommai
Shiggaon, Jul 16: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday announced that textile parks will be set up in every Taluk headquarters of north Karnataka.
After laying the foundation stone for a textiles park and readymade garments unit in his constituency Shiggaon, he said, I want to see textile parks in every Taluk of North Karnataka. I started it from my Taluk (Shiggaon in Haveri district) with a hope that I can resolve the challenges. In future we will set up such textile parks in every Taluk." Shiggaon in Haveri district is the home town of Bommai.
According to him, textile industry provides jobs to large number of people. In Bengaluru alone over 10 lakh people work in textile units and almost 90 per cent employees are women.
Earlier, women who were dependent on their spouse for to meet their expenses are running the family after getting employment." The Chief Minister said his government is bringing a policy to lay emphasis on garment industries in every Taluk which offers maximum jobs to women. He also pointed out that there is immense scope for export in the textile industry.
The entire world is eyeing India. We should make use of the opportunity. We should not allow these industries to centralise only in the metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata but in small towns as well, Bommai said.
According to an official statement, the proposed textiles park will come up in an area of 59.34 acres and for the first time it would be set up on Anchor-Promoter' model.
Infrastructure facilities would be created in three phases for the textiles units and readymade garment factories, it said. The state government has provided Rs 25 crore for the first phase.
Anchor-promoter Texport Private Limited is investing Rs 42 crore to establish the readymade garments unit. It is expected to provide employment opportunities for about 5,000 people, the statement read.
Bommai was optimistic that more than 10,000 people will get job in and around Shiggaon due to the textile park in the near future.
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Karnataka bypolls: Over 60 per cent voter turnout in Bagalkot, Davanagere South till 5 pm
Bengaluru (PTI): Over 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in both Assembly constituencies in Karnataka, where bypolls were held on Thursday.
While the turnout in Bagalkot was 65.68 per cent, it was 63.04 per cent in Davanagere South.
While the ruling Congress faces the challenge of retaining both seats, the BJP aims to wrest them and deliver a setback to its rival, which is currently witnessing an "internal power struggle" over leadership.
The bypolls were necessitated due to the demise of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti (Bagalkot) and Shamanur Shivashankarappa (Davanagere South).
A total of over 2.59 lakh eligible voters are expected to cast their votes at around 319 polling stations in Bagalkot, where nine candidates are in the fray.
In Davanagere South, over 2.31 lakh eligible voters are expected to vote across 284 polling stations, with 25 candidates contesting.
The BJP has fielded former MLA and 2023 defeated candidate Veerabhadrayya Charantimath from Bagalkot, and a fresh face, Srinivas T Dasakariyappa, from Davanagere South.
The Congress has given tickets to family members of the late legislators in both constituencies. Bagalkot candidate Umesh Meti is the son of H Y Meti, while Samarth Mallikarjun from Davanagere South is the grandson of Shamanur Shivashankarappa.
