In keeping with the district’s status as a major fabrication hub, Industry Associations in Tiruchi region have been emphasising the need for establishment of an inland container depot here.
Capacity for up to seven lakh tonnes of fabrication activities per annum is available in Tiruchi, accounting for fifty percent of the requirement in the entire State. Major extent of exports in defence products will also have to be carried out in future. This being the case, an inland container depot for Tiruchi is a necessity, Rajappa Rajkumar, president of BHEL Small Scale Industries Association, said.
The BHELSIA and Tiruchi District Tiny and Small Scale Industries’ Association had, during March, highlighted this demand at the export promotion meeting convened by the Engineering Export Promotion Council of India.
The Central Government, earlier this year, constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee to act as a single window for clearance of proposals to set up dry ports/Inland Container Depot (ICDs)/Container Freight Stations (CFSs)/Air Freight Stations (AFSs).
