New Delhi: Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran
on Tuesday said he will forward to the Finance Ministry the demand
of Andhra Pradesh for allocating Rs 140 crore for setting up
textile clusters in the state.
"My duty is to recommend. It is up to the Finance
Minister (to decide)," Maran told reporters after meeting a
delegation of ministers from Andhra Pradesh met him here.
The state plans to set up two textile clusters at
Srikakulum and Dharamavaram districts.
Setting up of clusters would provide common
infrastructure to weavers and the small textiles units.
Andhra Pradesh Minister of Agriculture N Raghuveera Reddy
said, "We have requested to the Textiles Minister Dayanidhi
Maran for setting up two mega textiles clusters-one in
Srikakulum and Dharamavaram districts."
He added, the minister had assured us that both these
clusters projects are expected to be sanctioned in 2010-11.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, February 09, 2010, 22:40