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Mangaluru likely to get plastic park in two years

The project is expected to be cleared at the three-day Invest Karnataka 2016 to be held in Bengaluru from February 4.

Once the project is cleared, it will enable setting up of industries manufacturing plastic products including pipes, buckets, medical industry products, water tankers, tooth brush, chairs, tables, plastic recycling units and the like in a given area of land.

According to Gokuldas Nayak, Joint Director, District Industries Centre, the land has been identified at Mudipu in Bantwal taluk and Shibaroor in Mangaluru taluk.

B.A. Nazeer, president, Canara Plastics Manufacturers’ and Traders Association (CPMTA), said that the association had demanded 200 acres to set up at least 100 industries.

In that case the industries would provide employment to 10,000 persons, both skilled and non-skilled workers.

He said that the Union government would provide Rs. 40 crore as grant-in-aid for the project. The setting up of the park might cost Rs. 300 crore.

I wish at least 25% of industries in medical industry products so that it results in manufacturing medical electronics products in future.