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Mr Pongalur N. Palanisamy

Our Bureau

Coimbatore, July 26 Applications seeking clearance for individual captive power projects with generation capacity equivalent to 10,000 MW have been filed with the Tamil Nadu Government.

These projects awaited clearance from the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, according to the State Minister for Rural Industries, Mr Pongalur N Palanisamy.

Speaking after inaugurating the fourth edition of the Southern India Mills Association (SIMA)-sponsored textile accessories fair, Tex Spares 2007, here today, Mr Palanisamy has suggested the SIMA to put forth its application with the State Government for its proposed 500 MW independent power project.

His suggestion was in response to the reference made earlier by the SIMA Chairman, Mr S.V. Arumugham, who lamented that despite the best efforts from the State electricity board to address the shortcomings on the power front, the textile industry had to face frequent power tripping and infrastructure bottlenecks in lifting the power generated by the wind mills.

The higher power tariff compared to other States is another worry for the industry, he added.

The Minister who assured the textile industry of his Ministry’s support for the latter’s demand to restore the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) benefits for the wind mill projects which was withdrawn earlier by the Centre.

Mr Palanisamy added that the State Government was to shortly announce a comprehensive industrial policy as the sub-committee which has prepared its final report on the new policy has already forwarded to the Chief Minister.

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