Surat: The Union Ministry of Heavy Industries has proposed the implementation of a Quality Control Order (QCO) for high-speed textile machinery, including weaving machines (looms), their assemblies, sub-assemblies, components, and all types of embroidery machinery. The order, issued on August 28, 2024, states that the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024, will be enforced from August 28, 2025. Once implemented, a Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) li...Read More

Surat: Varachha police have filed a complaint after a case came to light in which four employees working at the shops of a brother-in-law duo in Bombay Market had stolen sarees worth lakhs of rupees over two and a half years. Prashant Sanghvi, a resident of Nova Shitalnath Apartment in Pal, runs a shop named Shankheshwar Trends in Bombay Market. He buys plain sarees from the market, gets them embroidered, and sells them. His brother-in-law, Abhishek Trevadia (resident of Swastik Residency, Pal)...Read More

Surat: The Surat Fire Department has begun reviewing all fire No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) issued to firms operating in textile markets along the city's ring roads. This action comes a week after the major fire that engulfed the Shiv Shakti Textile Market. Surat Chief Fire Officer Basant Pareek stated that officials are verifying over 250 textile markets for compliance, ensuring fire safety equipment is functional, and assessing whether market association staff have undergone fire safety tr...Read More

Surat: A massive fire that broke out in the four-storey Shiv Shakti Textile Market on Wednesday morning has been doused after an over 30-hour-long firefighting operation. Meanwhile, out of over 800 shops located in the building, over 450 have been gutted due to the fire. Firefighters are using hydraulic platforms to combat a massive blaze that erupted at Surat’s Shiv Shakti Textile Market on Wednesday morning, destroying nearly half of the shops, officials said. Due to concerns over the build...Read More

Surat: Due to the 45-day payment rule for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME), several textile mills in the city are now shutting down their production for two days a week. Until March 31, two weekly holidays are being implemented in the many textile mills. South Gujarat Textile Processors Association (SGTPA) President Jitendra Vakharia said that considering the provision of making payments within 45 days from the agreement date, textile traders are unable to complete the entire chain�...Read More

Surat: Following protests against India in Bangladesh and the burning of Indian-made saris, textile traders in Surat expressed their anger on Thursday. Traders staged a dharna at Millennium Market on Ring Road, while Bajrang Dal members protested at a mall selling products made in Bangladesh. The traders displayed banners and posters featuring Bangladeshi leaders, condemning the insult to Indian culture and the targeting of minorities in Bangladesh. "Burning Indian saris is an affront to our ...Read More

Surat: With polling set for November 20th to elect the 288 members of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, a cloth merchant in Surat has launched a voting awareness campaign. As part of the campaign, the trader has announced that the first 500 women who cast their vote early in the morning on polling day will receive a saree. To spread this message to the women of Maharashtra, the businessman has contacted traders in Maharashtra’s Mandi and requested them to share his message, along with...Read More

Surat: The traders and shopkeepers blocked the arterial ring road of Surat in protest against the sealing of shops at the city's textile markets due to breaches of fire safety and building use (BU) norms. The traders rushed onto the road and blocked the traffic on this vital stretch for commuters. The traders told media persons that their shops had been shut for the last five days due to sealing by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC). They said they were suffering due to the fault of the bu...Read More

Surat: Just days after the polling for the Lok Sabha Elections in Gujarat, the Income Tax Department has launched major search operations at multiple locations. The IT department has been carrying out searches since Thursday morning at around 12 locations in the city, including Aaiswarya Dyeing Mills Pvt. Ltd. in Vareli. Searches are also taking place at the coal traders linked with Aaiswarya Mills. These 12 premises include three coal importers with offices on Dumas Road who are under the ra...Read More

Surat: The saree merchants in Surat have started an initiative of giving a tiranga free on the purchase of a saree. The box packaging of the saree will also be tricolored. One merchant has ordered a total of 1 lakh tricolored box packaging. A textile merchant Rajiv Omar said that their consumers are from rural areas. The scheme of a tiranga free with a saree in tricolor packaging received a good response. So, they purchased tricolored boxes and national flags for the sale of 1 lakh sarees. A...Read More