Special initiatives would be taken to showcase the potential and conducive climate for investment in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts to attract industrial investments to this region, G. Subash, State vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party’s commerce wing, said.
Speaking to The Hindu here, Mr. Subash, an MBA graduate and entrepreneur from Tirunelveli, said the failure by successive governments to showcase the strengths of the highly potential regions of Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts had caused ‘industrial starvation’ for several decades.
The BJP’s commerce wing would take initiatives to highlight the positive aspects of this region to attractive potential investors to the Nanguneri Multiproduct Special Economic Zone and along the proposed Tuticorin–Madurai Industrial Corridor to have their manufacturing units there..
Dedicated rail track
Due attention would be paid to establish a full-fledged harbour at Colachel and ensure rail connectivity between Tuticorin and Colachel harbours along the East Coast Road.
“Our ultimate goal is to create a dedicated rail track between these two ports and also from Tuticorin harbour to Chennai,” Mr. Subash said.
He said the BJP’s commerce wing would soon send a proposal to Centre through Union Minister Pon. Radhakrishnan and party’s State president Tamilisai Soundararajan for setting up a smart city in Tirunelveli region and for inviting huge investments in power sector.
“If we can tap this region’s full potential, the southernmost part of the country will be one of the most developed regions,” he added.
