People across the State generally wish that Assembly elections should come at the earliest which is an indicator of how frustrated they were with the governance of the present government, according to DMK treasurer M. K. Stalin.
“Criticisms being levelled by certain section of people against the 'Namakku Naame' programme started by the party, are for the sake of criticising. I see the criticisms in a positive way because it shows the rising popularity of the programme,” he said while answering few queries posed by The Hindu here on Sunday. When asked about alliances, he said elections were still some months away.
As part of the 'Namakku Naame' initiative, Mr. Stalin held a meeting with representatives from Tirupur knitwear cluster, farmers, traders and people from few other walks of life.
Members of Sripuram Trust, NIFT-TEA Knitwear Institute and Confederation of Indian Industry (Tirupur district council), after presenting their Vision 2020 document to Mr. Stalin, reiterated the need to set up hostels for workers in a public-private-partnership (PPP) mode to make the Tirupur knitwear cluster an attractive destination for employment.
“More skilled workforce is needed if we have to achieve the annual turnover of Rs 1 lakh crore envisaged for 2020 from the cluster (both exports and domestic sales together),” they said.
Some industrialists from other bodies pointed out to the delays in getting the proposals for start-up ventures and infrastructure expansions cleared.
For this, Mr. Stalin assured a governance without corruption, “collection and commission” if the DMK was voted to power.
A section of farmers pointed out to the need to construct small dams across Nallar and Anamalaiar rivers and divert the water through a proposed shorter route to Thirumoorthy Dam in Tirupur district.
“Advantages are that distance can be reduced by 12 km and the overflow in Parambikulam Dam can be avoided,” said A. Samiappan, president of Water Distribution Committee (Palladam) of Parambikulam Main Canal.
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Mr. Stalin visited an apparel unit and Unzhavar Sandhai (Farmers' Market) in Tirupur South and interacted with the farmers who come to sell their produce without involvement of middlemen.
He later proceeded to Palladam and Udumalpet.
