Karur manufacturers demand textile wet processing park

Karur, Dec 31 (KNN) The textile manufacturers and exporters of Karur, Tamil Nadu in an interactive session with the Textile ministry raised the request for the establishment of a textile wet processing park in the city.

The industry association, Karur Textile Manufacturer Expansion Association met with the Textile Ministry officials including Rohit Kansal, Additional Secretary, Textiles and Prajakta L. Verma, Joint Secretary, Textiles in New Delhi wherein they raised the demand, as per a report by The Hindu.

A memorandum stating the need to set up a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) was also submitted to the officials.

As per report, It was recommended that the plant should be a part of the textile wet processing park to encourage more MSEs to set up their units in the park while reducing the cost of wet process for the exporters, manufacturers, making them competitive in the global market.

The karur manufacturers and exporters also urged the ministry to establish an Integrated Textile Trade Facilitation Centre to market the products of Karur.

Considering the multiple challenges the exporters in Karur face, the Textile Ministry should meet the demands of the association in order to achieve Rs 25,000 crore sales turnover by 2030, the report said.

The requests were made by M. Natchimuthu, P. Gopalakrishnan, and S. Sivakumar, functionaries of the textile association.  (KNN Bureau)