Raheja Builders to set up textile SEZ in AP.

Economic Times (New Delhi, India), January, 2007

Byline: Srividhya Ramkumar

Jan. 4--HYDERABAD, India -- Textile industry in Andhra Pradesh is set to get a fillip with Raheja Builders' planning a 250-acre textile park in Hindupur in Anantapur district.

Textiles minister G Vinod said, the park would soon be granted the SEZ status and it would attract investments of Rs 500 crore. Addressing a press conference, he said, the state government was also in the process of securing patent protection under the GI Act for Gadwal, Uppada and Dharmavaram techniques of weaving.

"This will help traditional weaving communities as they will be able to market their products effectively. It will also help them improve designs," he said.

The state has already bagged some big-ticket investments in the...

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