During her one stop campaign tour here for the Mayoral by-electionsChief MinisterAIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa devoted a portion of her speech to address the concerns of the industries in the western region on the power front.
For seven to eight years various industries here have been crippled by frequent to rampant power cuts depending on the seasons. Knowing well that Chief Ministers of some of the progressive States were wooing industrialists here Ms. Jayalalithaa presented a positive note if,not a rosy pictureon the power scenario in the State. Power was one of the main requirements of industries2793 MW installed capacity has been added in the last three yearsshe said adding that the State was already free from power cuts since June. By the end of 2014-15 it will get additional 2430 MW.
The government’s efforts will result in having an additional 5723 MW power. About 500 MW of power was being purchased on midterm basis. The State was getting 562 MW from unit one of Kudankulamwould get 737 MW from several new schemes. The State would get another 463 MW from Kudankulam Unit II which is expected to go operational early next year. The State had also signed agreement for purchase of 3330 MW on a longterm basis of which 1000 MW would be available later this year.,,On the industrial frontthe State has signed agreement with 33 Indianmultinational companies for investment of Rs. 31706 crore in the Stateso farRs. 13585 crore investment has come ingenerating over 12700 direct employment.
Further43 companies have received approval from the Tamil Nadu Industrial guidanceexport promotion board for investment Rs. 20683 crore. The total number of industries has increased to 42288 as against 36848 during the rule of the “Minority DMK Government”. About three lakh microsmallmedium- scale enterprises have started operations in the State during the last three years.
The Chief Minister also spoke in detail about the various infrastructure projects worth several crores taken up in Coimbatore in the last three yearsthe proposals to improve the basic facilities in the city.,,More than 5000 persons enrolled themselves into the AIADMK in the presence of Ms. Jayalalithaa. The police had diverted the traffic for her visit but scores of AIADMK cadre thronging the city in a number of vehicles resulted in the city traffic being thrown out of gear. Police had earmarked ten places for parking of the vehicles of the ruling party cadre.
