Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Industrialists have expressed the need for better air connectivity from the city to key international and domestic destinations. They also emphasised on exploring the possibility of developing public transport and social infrastructure around nearby industrial areas such as Pithampur, Ujjain and Dewas and sought support in terms of disbursement of capital subsidies from the state government. The industrialist presented the demand in an interactive session held between the members of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Malwa Zone with MP Shankar Lalwani.
The meeting was attended by several prominent members of the CII from the city, Dewas, Pithampur and Ujjain. The meeting began with welcoming the MP by CII chairman Siddharth Sethi. During the meeting, the members discussed several important issues, pertaining to the holistic development of Indore as a city and an industrial hub. During the discussion, the industrialist expressed the need for better air connectivity from the city to key international and domestic destinations, possibility of developing public transport and social infrastructure around nearby industrial areas such as Pithampur, Ujjain, Dewas and support in terms of disbursement of capital subsidies from the state government.
A few novel ideas and plans regarding the development of the city as the new AI-based research hub, utilisation of Gandhi Sagar as the ground for testing defence machinery and adopting of green patches within the city for plantation were also taken up. He also invited CII members to plan a delegation to the Parliament during the forthcoming session starting February 11 to drive these points through to the Central government.
