The Federation of All Trade and Industries Association (FATIA) of Erode District president VK Rajamanickam submitted a petition to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin seeking steps to establish Erode NEO IT PARK within a year.
Other demands: IIT, IISc in Erode-Coimbatore region, Rs 700 crore textile dye effluent discharge system in the sea, 5 years concession on electricity for setting up private cold storages, government grant to set up cold storage facilities to stock 10 lakh bags of farm goods, land for setting up a trade center near IRTT Engineering College, Flyover near railway quarters, another flyover from Kalingarayan house to Thindal, Tesla battery car production center in Tamil Nadu, a new four-lane road from Moolakarai to Ezhumathur and Basur, ESI Hospital in Erode district, withdrawal of electricity fixed charge, and annual electricity tariff hike.