Telangana deputy chief minister Kadiyam Srihari has said that a mega textile park will be coming up soon in Warangal city with an estimated investment to the tune of Rs1,150 crore.

Nearly 1,190 acres of land has been acquired from farmers without any hassles. The textile park would attract investments of over Rs. 11,000 crore and it would have ginning, spinning, weaving, dyeing and other units all at one place. It will create an employment opportunities for about 1.13 lakh people, he said.

Once completed the industrial cluster would bring back the weavers and textile workers who migrated to distant places like Sholapur, Gujarat, Bhiwandi and others.

Srihari said that chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao would be laying the foundation stone for the park in this month. The district administration has decided to plant 20,000 saplings at the park site besides 10,000 saplings already planted to expand the green cover there.

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