Four sick textile units – three from Mumbai (Indu Mill, Poddar Mill and Tata Textiles) and one from Solapur (Barshi Textile Mills) will be shifted to Nandgaonpeth textile zone in Amravati. Currently more than 80 per cent of cotton produced in Vidarbha is being shipped out for processing. This missing link in the cotton chain – processing and value addition – is expected to make a huge difference to the region. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made it clear that he was proposing to shift nine more such sick units controlled by National Textile Corporation (NTC) to Vidarbha so that the cotton grown in the region is processed here instead of being shipped out. He further stated that no textile mill will be allowed to close down. It would be revived through relocation of the unit as well as the employees. For this purpose, a high-level committee comprising officials of state textile, labour departments, NTC and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been set up.
