Key Takeaways
- Kitex laid the foundation stone for a 7 lakh‑garments‑per‑day apparel cluster in Telangana.
- The project, worth Rs 1200 crore, will create over 11,000 direct jobs, with more than 80% women.
- Located in Seetharampur, Rangareddy District, the cluster is part of Kitex’s second investment in the state.
- A similar integrated cluster is under construction at Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in Warangal, targeting a 2023 launch.
Hyderabad: World’s second‑largest infant‑wear maker, Kitex, has laid the foundation stone for a new integrated fibre‑to‑apparel manufacturing cluster.
The cluster will have a capacity of 7 lakh garments per day and is backed by an investment of Rs 1200 crore.
Telangana Industries Minister KT Rama Rao and Ministers P Sabitha Indra Reddy and P Mahender Reddy participated in the ground-breaking ceremony held at Seetharampur in Rangareddy District of Telangana.
Kitex Group’s second investment project in Telangana, the cluster, expected to be spread over 250 acres in Seetharampur, will employ more than 11,000 people directly, more than 80% of which will be women employees, the company said in a release here.
The entire investment will be operational by December 2024.
Kitex’s 1st investment project in Telangana is coming up at Kakatiya Mega Textile Park, Warangal where construction of a similar sized integrated fibre to apparel manufacturing cluster is ongoing in full swing and expected to commence operations by December 2023.
