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Related Keywords: at Nagda plant in Madhya Pradesh, Grasim Industries Ltd, maker of viscose staple fibre, reduce production, suspend operations, water shortage

Grasim Industries Ltd, a maker of viscose staple fibre announced on Friday that due to water shortage at its staple fibre plant in Madhya Pradesh would suspend operations.

The company has started reducing production of staple fibre at its plant located at Nagda (in Madhya Pradesh) in a phased manner due to water shortage caused by deficient rain last year, the company said in a statement to the BSE.

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.