Jayalalithaa launches new projects worth ₹10,000 cr.

In a fillip to industrialisation efforts in the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today launched new projects and laid the foundation stone for a slew of ventures, estimated at an overall ₹10,000 crore which would usher in a combined 24,000-odd job opportunities.

The Chief Minister inaugurated through video-conferencing, Saint-Gobain Research India located at IIT-Madras Research Park, Taramani, here.

Established at a cost of ₹250 crore, the French firm’s research unit would employ about 110 persons, a government release said.

She also inaugurated through video-conferencing tyre manufacturer MRF Ltd’s ₹1,200 crore expansion Phase I in Perambalur, a 150 MW solar power plant by Welspun Renewable Energy in Tiruchi-Karur districts, expansion of Samsung India Electronics’ facility at Sriperumbudur and footwear maker Growthlink Overseas at Tiruvannamalai and Saint-Gobain’s glass-making facility at Erode.

The others were 50 MW solar plant of Sun Edison Energy India Limited at Virudhunagar district and the manufacturing unit of perfume-maker Takasago International (India) Ltd in Kancheepuram district, the release said.

The newly inaugurated facilities will create 9,775 job opportunities and have been established at an overall cost of ₹3,636 crore, it said.

HBL