Deputation of Akhnoor industrialists meets Dir Industries, MD SICOP

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 4: A delegation of members of Small Scale Industries Association, Akhnoor today met Director of Industries, Anoo Malhotra, Atul Sharma, Managing Director, J&K SICOP and S Pandoh, General Manager Estates, J&K SICOP and discussed various issues regarding development of Industrial Estate.
The delegation was led by Association president, Lakhbir Singh, who while apprising the concerned officers of various problems and demands of the small scale industrialists of Akhnoor, urged them to take up the same with the Government for early redressal.
The Director Industries gave a patient hearing to the delegation and assured that all the issues pertaining to construction of boundary wall and drains, water distribution network, lights and signboards in the Industrial Estate Akhnoor will be solved shortly.
Anoo Malhotra told the delegation members that Government has issued new guidelines to start new units and has included the service sector in industry with all incentives. She asked the Association president to organize a seminar shortly to make the entrepreneurs aware of new industrial policy. She also disclosed that such an awareness camp is being organized in Industrial Estate Akhnoor on August 8 by the Industry Department.
Malhotra also asked the Association to start centres in rural areas under Industrial Estate and asked unemployed youth of the area to come forward for taking benefits of such industries. She said that local youth with skill and unskill talent can register themselves for taking employment in local industries.
The MD of J&K SICOP assured the delegation members that he would provide all necessary infrastructures in the Industrial Estate Akhnoor, which will be treated as Rural Estate and developed on modern ground. He further assured them that all pending cases of industries would be considered for immediate solution.
NK Jain (senior vice-president), Vijay Gupta (vice-president), Sudesh Sharma (general secretary), GD Kesar (cashier), Ashok Sharma (press/organizing secretary) and Mohan Lal (joint secretary) were part of the delegation.

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