TN to set up footwear park at an outlay of `400 cr

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has planned to set up a footwear manufacturing park at an outlay of Rs 400 crore on a 250-acre land, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Tuesday.

The industrial project would generate 20,000 new jobs in Ranipet district, he said at an event here. Stalin made those comments after virtually inaugurating a footwear manufacturing facility set up at an investment of Rs 400 crore by JR One Footwear Pvt Ltd at Eraiyur in Perambalur district, about 250-km south of Chennai.