Trade centre is must at Tiruchi

Tiruchi:The Tiruchi District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association (TIDITSSIA) has impressed upon the Small Industries Development Corporation of Tamil Nadu to set up a trade centre in the city on the lines of the one at Coimbatore.The request was put forward by a delegation of the TIDITSSIA, led by its president S.Sridharan, to SIDCO Managing Director G.Santhanam, who visited the city recently. The association members have also impressed on him the need for setting up a training centre for existing entrepreneurs so that they could go in for technology upgradation to meet global competition.

The training centre could also be utilised for skill upgradation of manpower, especially for the fabrication industry of Tiruchi which is currently facing an acute shortage of trained manpower.The SIDCO could sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the industry associations for management of the facilities.It was also suggested that a corpus fund be set up for maintenance of the SIDCO industrial estates so that the proceeds from the same could be used for their development.TIDITSSIA representatives said Mr.Santhanam had agreed to the suggestions in principle.