# Vijay virtually opens ₹95 crore SIPCOT infrastructure in Ranipet 2026-08-13T20:04:24+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay virtually inaugurated infrastructure facilities worth ₹95.05 crore at the SIPCOT complex in Panapakkam, Ranipet, on Thursday. The new facilities include two plug-and-play buildings (₹51.80 crore, 2 lakh sq.ft.), a three-storey administrative building (₹26 crore), a medical centre, and a childcare centre. The 1,200-acre complex is reserved for non-leather manufacturing companies. It already hosts a ₹9,000 crore Tata Motors plant that will produce 2.5 lakh vehicles annually and employ up to 25,000 people. A ₹400 crore footwear park is also planned, aiming for 20,000 jobs, mostly for women, and to reduce raw material imports from China. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: CM Vijay, industrial infrastructure, manufacturing, Ranipet, SIPCOT, Tamil Nadu Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/vijay-virtually-opens-rs95-crore-sipcot-infrastructure-in-ranipet/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/vijay-virtually-opens-rs95-crore-sipcot-infrastructure-in-ranipet/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/