MSMEs down shutters in Coimbatore
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Several Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) here shut down operations voluntarily since Monday.
Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (Codissia) president MV Ramesh Babu said almost 90 % of its members had stopped production. Only those who were catering to healthcare sector continued to run the units.
A few organisations, including Codissia, had urged its members to stop production in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19.
At the SIDCO Industrial Estate at Kurichi, 20 % of the units continued to operate. They had export orders or were vendors to exporting units or were supplying to the healthcare sector.
Coimbatore: As the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown imposed to contain its rapid spread have left businesses in lurch, members of the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (Codissia) have urged the state government to take steps to help industries.
Businessmen are weighed down by loans, taxes, electricity bill, building rent and other operating expenses as business activities have come to a halt. Only 30% of businesses, including foundries and exporters that are exempted from the lockdown, are functioning in the district, said Codissia president M V Ramesh Babu. “They are also struggling. In this situation, it would be of great help if the government could provide us additional loan up to 20% under emergency credit line guarantee scheme for half the interest rate at 6%,” he said.
Coimbatore industrial associations take lead to inoculate workers
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2000 people get vaccinated in Chennai Nehru Stadium on Saturday 20th March, 2021. (Photo: R Parthibhan/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, April 16 : Industrial associations in Tamil Nadu s Coimbatore have taken the lead to vaccinate their employees, with the Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO), which has 5,000 workers in 240 industrial units, seeking to vaccinate those above 45 years of age.
Coimbatore SIDCO Industrial Estate Manufacturers Welfare Association (COSIEMA) organised a three day camp, organised jointly with the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) and the District Industries Centre (DIC), to inoculate workers in SIDCO Industrial estate.
Industrial associations, police step up voters’ awareness campaigns
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Programmes held to encourage 100 % voting
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District Collector K. Rajamani released a gas balloon to create awareness on the importance of voting.
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Programmes held to encourage 100 % voting Signature campaigns were held at the office of the Police Commissioner and police stations in the city on Thursday under the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme to encourage 100 % voting. Police Commissioner Sumit Sharan launched the campaign by signing on a board on his office premises. Deputy Commissioners G. Stalin (Law and Order), E.S. Uma (Crime), R. Mutharasu (Traffic) and A. Myilvaganan (Headquarters), senior officers and staff working in the office complex also took part in the campaign.