Chennai:
Defence ministry is set to hire a consultant to prepare a detailed project report for setting up a Defence Quad or a corridor that is organised as a quadilateral linking Chennai, Hosur, Coimbatore, Salem and Tiruchirappali.
The move comes after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced in the budget of setting up two defence corridors.
The work on preparing Detailed Project Report for the corridor, known as Tamil Nadu Defence Quad, has been initiated by the Department of Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence.
Meanwhile, in a bid to ensure that expectation of local industry and particularly micro small and medium enterprises are met, the Defence Ministry has planned to hold industry interactions at all nodal points in the five cities.
The interactions which will involve senior officers from ministry of defence, representatives of Hindustan Aeronautics Limitred, Bharat Electronics Limited, Bharat Earth Movers Limited and Ordanance Factories.
The interactions are being organized with the active participation of small scale industries associations and state government representatives. While already one of the interaction was held in Hosur on February 26, the other interactions are planned in Coimbatore (March 5), Salem (March 7) and Chennai (March 10). The dates for Tiruchirapalli will be announced separately. A Defence Ministry release has urged industrialists keen in defence sector to participate in these interactions and provide inputs for shaping the contours of proposed Tamil Nadu Defence Quad
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