AFTER fulfilling decades-old demand of Hukumchand Mill workers in Indore, now, Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav who is also a son of mill worker gave a ray of hope to the people of Malwa saying several projects will come up in the region to promote textile industry. Notably, several textile mills established in the pre-independence era were glory of the state and source of income for thousands of families but all of them have been reduced to rubble. The legal battle for ownership between the creditors of the mills and the State Government has subsided but it was a long wait for over a thousand workers who have died.

 

The surviving workers are not sure if they will ever receive their wages. But after becoming CM Dr Mohan Yadav initiated the settlement cases of Hukumchand Mill workers. after 31 years, they were given cheques. Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav has said that Ujjain is moving rapidly in the direction of industrialisation. Textile industry will play a key role in women empowerment. CM Dr Yadav directed to prepare a project to promote textile industry in Malwanchal and also to ensure all necessary arrangements by the police administration for women safety in industries. Best Apparel unit providing employment to more than 1,000 Ladli Bahnas Chief Minister Dr Yadav visited Best Life Style Industries (Textile Industry) located at Nagjhiri in Ujjain on Tuesday. He observed the work of textile manufacturing being done by more than 1,000 women here. CM Dr Yadav also commended the efforts of working women during a cordial interaction with them. Chief Minister Dr Yadav also operated the machine. More than 1,000 women working in the industry thanked CM Dr Yadav for providing employment.

 

Chief Minister Dr Yadav discussed with the women artisans preparing clothes about salary and household-family. Women artisans said that they are satisfied with getting employment. Now there is no difficulty in running the household and the family and we have become self-reliant. Chief Minister Dr Yadav discussed in detail with the officials in the Best Life Style office regarding the activities of industrial development in Ujjain. He said expeditious efforts should be made towards making Ujjain a medical tourism destination. CM Dr Yadav stated that land should be provided promptly for the investment proposals submitted by prominent industrialists of the country who are interested in establishing their industrial units in Ujjain. He said that like Bengaluru, an IT park should be established in Ujjain too so that IT engineers of Malwa can get employment and Ujjain can become a hub of start-ups. He directed the district administration to allocate land for the IT Park soon. Chief Minister Dr Yadav said that the clothes being prepared in Ujjain’s Best Apparel Park are of high quality and international standard level.

 

The clothes prepared from here are being exported to countries like America, Canada etc., due to which Ujjain’s name is emerging as an industrial area at the international level. Ujjain’s prosperous textile industry is now being revived. The skill of Ujjain’s women is being hailed all over the world. Along with this, he directed that night shift should also be started soon in Best Apparel Park to increase more employment. He said that like Indore, readymade complex, plug and play industrial park should be developed in Ujjain too. He directed to expand the success of Vikram Udyog further. CM Dr. Yadav also talked about encouraging farmers for cotton cultivation and said that industries should source raw materials locally to enhance farmers’ income. In the meeting, Vice President of Best Life Style, Puneet Jain told that Best Life’s unit in Ujjain is one of the largest textile industry units in the country