Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Parliamentary Affairs M Venkaiah Naidu today said that his ministry will sanction a housing scheme for Tirupur with support from the State Government.

Maintaining that the details of the scheme would eventually be worked out, Mr Naidu told press persons that the State would have to identify the land for housing.

He made the formal statement after the Member of Legislative Assembly, Tirupur South K Thangavel highlighted the plight of the textile workers in the knitwear cluster due to lack of affordable housing facilities.

Mr Naidu further said that the National Urban Housing Mission and the New Urban Development Mission would be launched soon.

Once in place, it would be in line with the Prime Minister's vision of housing for all by 2022, he said.

The Minister was in Tirupur at the 25{+t}{+h} year celebration of Tirupur Exporters' Association.

Expressing his awe about the emergence of this small hub in the global market place, its turnover from Rs 15 cr in the 80s to over Rs 18000 cr at present, he said “Tirupur is a place of happening and this is no ordinary achievement.''

Assuring support from the Centre to assist the growth and development of the knitwear cluster, Mr Naidu said ''it is the duty of the State and Centre to come together to tap the native potential.''

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Published on August 31, 2014