The government is expecting new industries from the sector to be set up here and to promote the growth of the rubber industry in the state
The Kerala government is setting up a second rubber park in the Kollam district with the support of the Rubber Board and Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA).
The primary aim of the government is to develop infrastructure facilities like power, water and transportation for promoting rubber and rubber wood-based products manufacturing industrial units.
Only allow rubber-based industries and rubber-wood industries are to be permitted in this rubber park. Also, there will be no compromise on environmental aspects and only PCB (pollution control board)-classified industries are permitted. The park is located in an environmental-sensitive area, and therefore no common effluent treatment plant is constructed.
The state government has developed 19.93 acres of land and approximately 10 acres of land can be allotted for lease for thirty years for industrial use. The government is expecting new industries from the sector to be set up here and to promote the growth of the rubber industry in the state.
The first rubber park is currently in operation. It was established in 1997 at Irapuram village in Ernakulam district.
