TEKPA Shares Suggestions for ‘Smart City’ with New Tirupur Corporation Mayor

12 March 2022: DMK Councillor N. Dinesh Kumar was recently elected unopposed as the mayor of Tirupur corporation and he assumed charge immediately. “We will lift Tirupur corporation to the top position in Tamilnadu and make it a self-sustaining civic body,” he emphasised.

The Tiruppur Export Knit Printers Association (TEKPA) Executive Committee member delegation interacted with the new Tirupur corporation mayor. They congratulated him on being elected unopposed and also had a very fruitful discussion with him. During the interaction, the TEKPA EC members shared their ideas and presented views related to various relevant aspects including ‘Clean & Green’ Tirupur, 24 hours Water Supply, Improvement of Roads and Segregation of Waste Disposal, etc. which will help Tirupur to be a ‘Smart City’.

T. Srikanth, President, TEKPA, said, “We have always endeavoured to ensure the betterment of ‘India’s t-shirt and knitwear capital.’ It was a good opportunity to convey how TEKPA members can join hands and extend support to the Tirupur corporation in accomplishing these relevant goals. We look forward to working together with the mayor for the upliftment of Tirupur going forward.”

TEKPA has constructed its own office building and a conference hall with all modern facilities at Iduvampalayam, Tirupur. It has been constructed to promote the Screen Printing industry of Tirupur and raise it to the world standard. The TEKPA Kalai Arangam (conference hall) is used to conduct the technical seminars to update the printing technologies and to introduce new inventions in this field.