19-07-2025
Over 2,260 acres to be acquired for Nanguneri SIPCOT Industrial Park
Chief Minister M. K. Stalin's announcement of setting-up SIPCOT industrial park at Nanguneri has started taking definitive shape as the Tamil Nadu Government has notified the acquisition of 915.03 hectares (2,260.13 acres) of patta and government poramboke lands near Nanguneri for the proposed industrial estate.
When Mr. Stalin visited the district on February 7, he announced that the SIPCOT would establish industrial estates at Nanguneri and Moolaikkaraipatti in addition to the already overflowing Gangaikondan SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre. Subsequently, the notification for acquiring 826.86 ha of private patta land and 88.17 ha of government poramboke land has been issued.
While the private patta lands will be purchased through negotiations, the government poramboke land will be used for this project through ownership transfer. Apart from appointing a team of officials led by a Special District Revenue Officer, the government has also approved the proposal for allocating ₹871.86 crore for acquiring 2,042.35 acre private patta land for the project.
To expedite the land acquisition to be done around the Nanguneri Toll Plaza, a Special District Revenue Officer, a Special Tahsildar and 117 positions have been created as the government is keen on starting the work at the earliest. The land identified for the upcoming industrial park is close to the 4-lane Kanniyakumari to Tirunelveli national highway to make transportation easier.
'An Indian major having its presence in a range of product manufacturing is likely to have its unit here for producing shoes, sports shoes, sneakers etc.,' a senior official told The Hindu.
Even though the Chief Minister's announcement on setting-up an industrial estate near Nanguneri has moved to the next level with the notification on acquisition of land, the Nanugneri Multiproduct Special Economic Zone announced by late Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in March 2001 is gradually dying.
While the entry of one more SIPCOT Industrial Complex has enthused the industrialists and the investors having their manufacturing units in Gangaikondan, they also urge the government to explore the possibilities of reviving the 'gradually dying' Nanguneri Multiproduct Special Economic Zone.
'Since the Nanguneri Multiproduct Special Economic Zone was initiated by late Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in March 2002, Mr. Stalin should take vigorous efforts to revive it. Even though there are some legal tangles now crippling this SEZ's full-fledged development, setting it free is not something impossible for a government. If the Nanguneri Multiproduct SEZ is also revived along with the Nanguneri SIPCOT complex, the entire southern region, advantageously situated close to Thoothukudi and Vizhinjam Ports, will become well-developed region within no time,' said Gunasingh Chelladurai of Bell Group of Companies.
