Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin laid the foundation stone for a footwear manufacturing unit in Villupuram set up by Cheyyar SEZ Developers, a group company of Lotus Footwear Enterprises Ltd, the government said.
The facility, spread across 167.41 acre land would come up at the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) campus in Villupuram, would generate 6,000 new jobs, an official release said.
According to the release, this was the third special economic zone set up by the company at an investment of Rs 500 crore.
