Surat: Angadia pedhis shut down, textile industry workers migrate to native places

Surat: All 125 Angadia(conventional courier agencies) pedhis in Gujarat are observing shut down as they are panicked by possible Income Tax department actions.

In another development, textile industry workers in Surat have started migration to their native places. The industry that offers employment to abut one million people, most of them from Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. With demonetization move introduced by government, textile dyeing and processing units have given one month leave to staff. Visits of traders are also on halt in this one of biggest textile markets of country. There are about 400 dyeing and processing units in Surat.

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