Suniel Shetty and Karishma Kapoor inaugurates Heera Mall, Hyderabad

Heera Group of Companies' one-stop shopping mall Heera Mart was inaugurated today in the bustling business area of Kukatpally in Hyderabad. The first phase of the Heera Mart mall that sprawls on 1,20,0005ft area, a 12,000sft jewellery showroom was inaugurated. According to Founder and CEO Ms. Nowhera Shaik, the group has its 'own jewellery manufacturing units'. It will 'sell jewellery to both wholesale and retail from this outlet'. The mall will house a "textile production unit' on nearly I8,000sft supplying mostly ladies garments.

24x7 Shopping Mall:
According to Ms. Shaik, "a first of its kind 24 x7 shopping centre will be set up on nearly 40,000 square feet that will provide grocery, food products, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables among other things".

The mall will also house 'Heera Pharmacy', the group's yet another flagship venture alongside its corporate office on nearly 8000sft area. The shopping mall has parking space for nearly 500 cars and will be a one-stop shopping destination for jewellery, electronics, apparel, pharmacy, food products and more.

Barely a week since the business group's 35,000sft corporate office was inaugurated in Mumbai on 2 October, Ms. Shaik laid out plans to inaugurate Heera Mart non-stop shopping malls in Tirupathi by 2016 and in Bangalore and Chennai by 2017. The business group is also set to inaugurate a 600-bed hospital in Chevella, Moinabad by February 2017.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Shaik called upon women to become entrepreneurs adding that both the country's secular character and the government is promoting entrepreneurship.