To project Amazia Fun Park as an emerging start-up city likely by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in Gujarat, a multi-storey trade facilitation centre is being planned on 8,000 square metre land there. This centre will provide an eco-system for new startups to connect with national and international businesses and facilitate innovations.

The Corporation has appointed a consultant to prepare a vision document for a start-up and trade facilitation centre at Parvat Patiya. It will provide nodal support to all kinds of start-ups along with new innovators in textiles and diamond sectors. The centre is expected to be ready in two years.

New innovations and research in textile and diamond sectors would also be a key facet of the centre where in advents and innovations in new technology would lead city’s two major industrial segments to be indigenous and make their products cheaper.

Special commissioner for smart city project M Nagrajan said that this centre could work out to be a game changer for Surat in coming decade. P M Shah, president of South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI), one of the major stakeholders in the project said that the centre would further propel growth of the rapidly developing city.

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