Industrialists seek place on revival committee

Coimbatore: Representatives of the Federation of Coimbatore Industrial Associations (FOCIA) on Saturday met minister for municipal administration S P Velumani at his residence and reiterated their demands. They sought representation in the state’s economic revival committee so that the issues of micro and small units can be expressed properly. “More than 20,000 micro and small industrial units have been hit by the global slowdown over the last one year and the lockdown in the last two months. The government should waive our power tariff from March to June as the units did not function during the period. Unorganised entrepreneurs who do welding, lathe job work and motor winding should be given a subsidy of Rs 1lakh to get back on their feet,” a FOCIA representative said. TNN