Chennai: Tata Power Solar Ltd (TPSL) that had has established a Solar PV cell and module manufacturing facility on 313.53 acres of land at the SIPCOT Industrial Park in Gangaikondan with an investment of Rs 4,300 crore and employing 3,000 persons - 89 per cent of them women- signed an agreement with Tamil Nadu Industrial Housing Private Limited (TNIHPL) for providing accommodation to 500 women employees.
A Memorandum of Understanding was exchanged between TNIHPL and TPSL at the Secretariat on Thursday in the presence of State Industries Minister T R B Rajaa for the allocation of the 500 beds at the Industrial Housing facility at Gangaikondan SIPCOT Industrial Park in Tirunelveli District.
The housing facility for women working in the park is constructed at a cost of about Rs 40 crore with a built-up area of 120,398 square feet in six acres of land.
It will have 145 rooms (870 beds) furnished with cot and mattress, working table/ chair and wardrobe. The facility will have kitchen and dining space, outdoor play area, workers room and recreation halls on each floor, besides laundry rooms, drying area and medical room.
TNIHPL, an SPV formed jointly with SIPCOT, TNIFMC, and TIDEL in 2022 to provide safe, secure, and affordable housing facilities for industrial workers at SIPCOT Industrial Parks and other places in Tamil Nadu, is currently developing five Industrial housing facilities within SIPCOT Industrial Parks in Siruseri (807 beds), Gangaikondan (870 beds), Shoolagiri (1495 beds), Irungattukottai (801 beds) and Cheyyar (441 beds) with a total capacity of 4,414 beds at a project cost of Rs 204.54 crore.
TPSL agrees to provide the firm commitment of lease for 500 beds from the date of occupation of this Gangaikondan facility.
