City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter - 5 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
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The technology and infrastructure involved may be decentralised or
centralised based on stakeholder feedbacks and fund availability.
Launch intensive water recharge activities to surface water bodies
including open wells, rivers and eris, to improve water quality in this
region.
Need to enforce directive of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, that
the tanneries need to move to zero liquid discharge immediately.
The TWIC ñ IL & FS Pilot project for modern water recycling facility that will aid reuse
of water from the common effluent treatment plants (CETP) is a welcome initiative in
this regard. The project is a part of the Rs 70-crore cluster development programme,
which is being funded through a 75-per-cent grant from the Centre and a 25-per-
cent contribution from the tanneries. The project involves setting up a network of
advanced waste-water recycling plants and other effluent treatment infrastructure
to help the leather units in the area achieve zero discharge and sludge disposal
facilities.
3. Create conducive environment for marketing the products and
explore scope for further growth of export markets
Productivity and competitiveness have become the ruling factors in judging the
performance of the sector. To promote sustained growth of industries with
employment generation, the strategies identified are
Priority to upgradation of infrastructure in existing and new industrial
areas
Take up technology upgradation for Survival and growth of SSI sector
Provide marketing assistance to SSI sector and promote local
entrepreneurship
Extending various incentives and concessions relating to tax
Constitution of district export promotion committee
Provide institutional framework for developing pool of human resource
talent
Create facilities and services of high quality to enable the industry to
fine-tune itself to meet the challenges ahead.
If infrastructure deficiencies are removed and business facilitation facilities are
developed the cluster can become vibrant.
4. Development of technical resource centers and schemes for industrial
and social development
Already, AEDOL has Engaged Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai to
conduct a techno economic study for the establishment of Testing Laboratory and
Technical Services Centre in Ambur. Also it has engaged Technical Experts to
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