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KASSIA bid to increase land availability for units

M. Raghuram

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A view of the Peenya Industrial Estate in Bangalore.

BANGALORE: The Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) has taken a new initiative to increase the availability of land for small units in the State, particularly in and around Bangalore, with the setting up of the “KASSIA Industrial Infrastructure Cooperative Society.”

The KASSIA is promoting the society with the Government’s help.

Speaking to The Hindu, chairman of the society M.C.R. Shetty said: “The initiative follows demand for sites for small industries. The society has appealed to the State Government to provide 120 acres at Dobbspet near Nelamangala. Small industries need small plots, and keeping this in mind the society has decided to have the plots in the 5,000 sq ft to 20,000 sq ft range. The cost will be Rs. 250 per sq ft.”

The society discouraged large landholdings for promoting small units, and the proposed estate could house over 400 units, he added.

KASSIA has appealed to the Government to waive the conversion and consent fees. It has also appealed to the Central Government to extend benefits under the Industrial Infrastructure Development Scheme and the Central Industrial Cluster Development Scheme, which works out to Rs. 100 crore, according to Mr. Shetty.

General secretary of KASSIA Prakash N. Raikar said the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board would acquire the land for the new industrial estate and the process of earmarking the plots would be over in six months.

Now, many of the units were located in private industrial estates. There was demand for nearly 2,000 acres of land in Peenya industrial estate in Bangalore. But due to the high land prices, small industries were finding it tough. According to president of KASSIA Arvind Burji, owners of private estates were serving eviction notices on unit owners as the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) was receiving scores of complaints from people in nearby residential areas.

As many as 45,000 units in private estates were facing problems.

Officials in KSPCB confirmed that notices had been issued to industrial units in private estates.

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