Emphasis on new industrial estates

Enterprises seek better infra

The promoters of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) expect the new government to lay emphasis on establishing new industrial estates and areas under local self-government institutions, improvement of facilities in minor ports such as Beypore, Azheekkal, Kottayam, and Kollam, and incentivising MSME units that generate large employment opportunities. In a brief note on the status of the MSMEs in the State, the Kerala State Small Industries Association (KSSIA) says the government should also build better infrastructure in industrial areas and on industrial estates. Sojan Joseph of the Edayar Small Scale Industries' Association points out the case of a segment of road, work on which has been delayed apparently for no reasons. He says around 4,000 people works in the industrial area and laying the nearly four-km road will help the more than 330 units in the industrial area.