Coimbatore: The District Industries Centre (DIC) had given permission to run 748 essential industrial units during the lockdown last month.
The industries fell under sectors such as food processing, healthcare, and specific industries such as those cater to the electricity board. Some warehouse were also permitted to function.
As many as 7,379 employees and 127 vehicles such as mini trucks, trucks, buses, vans, cars and auto rickshaws were given passes.
Several industrial units had approached DIC for permission to operate as they were essential industries, general manager B Karthigaivasan said. “But as DIC was functioning with a reduced workforce, we were not able to verify whether all these were functioning,” he said.
“We made sure that food processing industries such as rice mills, wheat flour mills, maida-making units, and sooji-making units were functioning as they were essential commodities. Some units catering to the healthcare sector were also permitted, include those making ventilators. Some of these industries might not have been able to function continuously. For example, a mask-maker might have stalled operations for a few days, as he could not have been able to source raw materials in time,” the official said.
Meanwhile, DIC has also been collecting sector-wise data on the number of large and MSME industries in core corporation areas, peripheral corporation areas, and rural areas. This would be passed on to the state government through the district administration to prepare an exit strategy after the lockdown period ends on May 3.
“We are in the process of finalising the data and are looking to let foundries, spinning mills and powerloom units in rural areas function,” Karthigaivasan added.
The industries fell under sectors such as food processing, healthcare, and specific industries such as those cater to the electricity board. Some warehouse were also permitted to function.
As many as 7,379 employees and 127 vehicles such as mini trucks, trucks, buses, vans, cars and auto rickshaws were given passes.
Several industrial units had approached DIC for permission to operate as they were essential industries, general manager B Karthigaivasan said. “But as DIC was functioning with a reduced workforce, we were not able to verify whether all these were functioning,” he said.
“We made sure that food processing industries such as rice mills, wheat flour mills, maida-making units, and sooji-making units were functioning as they were essential commodities. Some units catering to the healthcare sector were also permitted, include those making ventilators. Some of these industries might not have been able to function continuously. For example, a mask-maker might have stalled operations for a few days, as he could not have been able to source raw materials in time,” the official said.
Meanwhile, DIC has also been collecting sector-wise data on the number of large and MSME industries in core corporation areas, peripheral corporation areas, and rural areas. This would be passed on to the state government through the district administration to prepare an exit strategy after the lockdown period ends on May 3.
“We are in the process of finalising the data and are looking to let foundries, spinning mills and powerloom units in rural areas function,” Karthigaivasan added.
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