The construction of the new factory of India’s leading apparel exporter Gokaldas Images has started in Telangana. The unit is expected to create jobs for 1,000 people.
State Minister for Information Technology and Industries, K.T. Rama Rao, laid the foundation stone for the unit.
A MoU between State Government and the company was signed 4 months back in April 2021. The 500-machine stitching unit is at Sircilla Apparel Park. Notably, the factory will manufacture men’s and women’s innerwear.
It is the first unit of Gokaldas Images in Telangana and will provide employment to more than 1,000 local persons, majority of them being women.
On this occasion, Rama Rao said that the Sircilla Apparel Park is coming up with international standards and will create more than 10,000 employment opportunities in the region, out of which majority will go to women.
Sumir Hinduja, MD, Gokaldas Images; Shailaja Ramaiyer, Director, Handlooms & Textiles department; and Narasimha Reddy, MD TSIIC were also present on this occasion.
The Sircilla Apparel Park is the State Government’s special initiative to introduce modern best practices in the industry, benchmarked to export standards.
