Thanks to the recent decision by Air Quality Management Commission to run industry only on Piped Natural Gas (PNG) instead of coal in National Capital Region (NCR), many textile and home furnishing companies of Panipat are forced to explore shifting their operations to nearby states.
30 September 2022 is the deadline for the same.
The move has now poseda big challenge for Panipat’s manufacturing units,especially dyeing houses, as a result of which they are planning to shift their facilities to adjoining states like UP and Punjab,which do not have any such restrictions.
It is being said that running industry on PNG will increase the production cost,causing Panipat not to compete for prices of textile products with manufacturers of other states.
Bhim Rana, President of Panipat Dyers Association (PDA), said, the entrepreneurs have decided to shift their units to Kairana and Shamli in Western UP, which are quite near to Panipat, where hundreds of workers are employed at Panipat textile and dyeing industry.
Besides, there are many small-scale industry units at Kurad, which is known for manufacturing Mink & Polar blankets and has open spinning mills. Shifting dyeing units from Panipat to UP can be a good decision as the latter is free from all such restrictions.
Maneesh Garg of Young Entrepreneurs Society, Panipat said that it is not possible to shift the industry from using coal to PNG in such a short notice, since timely deliveries are a challenge before Indian exporters.
He further added that the exporters have already secured orders from foreign buyers on an annual supply basis and they may suffer heavy financial losses due to such short notice–not to mention even their payments will also now hold up.
With more than 20,000 small and big textile and allied units, Panipat is one of the leading home furnishing hubs of India and is also known as Textile City.
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