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Related Keywords: by yarn and gray cloth merchants, incurring huge lost, largest textile centre in India, Malegaon Industries and Manufacturers Association, powerloom in Bhiwandi, proetest exploitation of weaver, shut consectively for seventh day, shutdown at, Textile processing unit

The shutdown, started on August 16 by over eight lakh powerlooms in Bhiwandi, the largest textile Centre in India continues to remain shut consecutively for the seventh day following the market slowdown and to protest exploitation of weavers by yarn and gray cloth merchants, has so far caused an estimated loss of about 3,500 crore rupees to the industry, the local industrialists claimed.

The shutdown has left hundreds of thousands of labourers jobless. A majority of the labourers who migrated from the states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to Bhiwandi for work have left the city.

Related Keywords: Bhiwandi powerloom units strike, Bhiwandi strike, control on yarn prices, grey cloth, illegal holding of yarn, minimum support price, permission to export cloth, Textile Industry, Textile processing unit

Strike has been called by Bhiwandi powerlooms since Monday demanding control on yarn prices and permission to export cloth . Approximately 9 lakh people are dependent on Bhiwandi’s powerlooms and related businesses of which nearly three-fourths of the 9 lakh powerloom units in Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi are on strike. The strike aims at ensuring less cloth is sent to the market, which may result in prices increasing.

Related Keywords: illegal water supply network, Pandesara GIDC area, SGTPA, Textile processing unit, water shortage

Around 125 textile processing units in Pandesara GIDC area in Surat are focused to run day shift only and shut down their units during night due to water shortage problem faced by the units. With only one shift running, the textile industry will now face a loss of crores of rupees, according to the Southern Gujarat Textile Processing Association (SGTPA).
 
The BJP municipal corporator of Varachha, Bhimji Patel has recently identified that there is an illegal water supply network run by mafias in Pandesara area in Surat.
 

Related Keywords: recycled water, Textile processing unit

The Pandesara industrial estate in south Gujarat having more than 700 industrial units, including textile processing units, weaving units, engineering units, chemical units and other ancillary units etc. A 110 textile processing units will be for the first in the country will be making use of recycled water for processing unfinished synthetic fabrics, including saris and dress materials.

Related Keywords: Brown Field project, Green Field project, Integrated Processing Development Scheme, Textile processing unit

The government has approved the launching of a new Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) to establish four to six Brown Field projects and three to five Green Field projects with a total cost of Rs. 500 crore to address the environmental issues faced by the textile processing units. The scheme will provide government support for establishing common infrastructure to catalyse private sector investments in the major processing clusters. The scheme parameters envisage Government support limited to 50% of the project cost with ceiling limit of Rs.75 crore.