Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) Chairman Aleixo Reginaldo today said that this aim would be to get non-polluting industries into the state.
Reginaldo today took charge as Chairman of Goa Industrial Development Corporation.
“There is already a policy to get non-polluting industries into the state. My aim will be to get non-polluting industries into the state,” said Reginaldo.
He further said that he would check the state of any polluting industries present. “I have just taken charge today,” he said.
“Whatever actions we take should not damage the industries in Goa; if there are any issues, we will have to as we have modern technology,” Reginaldo added.
The GIDC was established in 1966 under the provisions of the Goa, Daman and Diu Industrial Development Act, 1965, with the aim and objective of securing and assisting in the rapid and orderly establishment of industries in Industrial Areas and Industrial Estates in Goa.
One of the important activities of the Corporation is setting up Industrial Estates and offering developed plots to industrial units. In pursuance of its objectives, the GIDC has so far established 20 Industrial Estates in Goa, Daman and Diu, viz Corlim, Margao, Sancoale, Daman, Mapusa, Tivim, Bicholim, Kakoda, Honda, Bethora, Canacona, Kundaim, Diu, Tuem, Verna, Cuncolim, Pilerne, Marcaim, Pissurlem and Colvale.