Rajkot: The first open house involving high-ranking officials and local industries Saurashtra and Kutch held at Lodhika GIDC on Thursday with the aim of providing solutions to some important issues related to small and medium units in the region.
A total of 15 industrial associations from Rajkot, Morbi and the Federation of Kikch Industries Associations (Fokia) represent their problems to the team consisting of Industrial Commissioner Rahul Gupta, Deputy Chairperson of GIDC and MD Malnarasan, GPCB member secretary AV Shah and others.
Speaking with Toi, Gupta said “The Industrial Association discussed a series of problems, most of them relating to GIDC.
The officers concerned have responded thus and we have convinced them to issue problems that can be completed quickly.
Some problems and suggestions related to the policy It must be highlighted at the appropriate level.
“The Association representative said that they paid Rs 52 for 1,000 liter Narmada water, which they taste too high.
Another suggestion is to build aware of Yojana for GIDC workers in the same plot.
Parth Ganatra, Vice President, Rajkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) said, “We also suggest that the API NOC must be issued by GIDC and there must be allotment of several industrial area space for commercial activities.” Ganatra said this was the first time an organized open house and the clerk came to the front of their door to listen and resolve their problems.
“We hope that the open discussion produces positive results and similar open houses held every six months,” he said.
Dr.
Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Secretary of the Additional Head, Industry, “The Senior Industry Department official team has interacted proactively with industrial stakeholders throughout Gujarat for the past few weeks.
This exercise is greatly benefited all.
Some of the problems faced by the industry have been resolved Sequential.
The convenience of doing business is our priority, “Fokia’s main advice is that in the last 15 years, no new GIDC plantation that appears in Kutch and develop it will benefit MSMEs.
The umbrella organization of all Kutch industries also urged to accelerate the conversion of gauges of the Bhuj-Naliya-Vayor project and expanded it to Koteshwar-Lakhpat.
Nimish Phadke, Managing Director, Fokia said, “We have represented these problems to the government from time to time but after discussions at the Open House, we hope that the problem will be intended in a short time.”
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