Related Keywords: labour shortage, Surat weaving sector, yarn
Surat, the country’s biggest man-made fabric industry is going through acute labour shortage at its weaving units. At the time when several small weaving units were finding it difficult carry on operations, the yarn manufacturers have increased the prices of polyester filament yarn and other yarn qualities by almost Rs 6 per kg in the last fortnight, putting the weaving sector of Surat in double pressure.