Speaking at the recent foundation stone-laying ceremony of the 2,000-acres Diamond Research and Mercantile (DREAM) City in Surat, Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel announced setting up a textiles university at the proposed smart city. “For skill development in the textile industry, another important industry in Surat after diamonds, we are planning to set up a textile university in Surat,” Patel said in her address. Further, she asked textiles players to seek land in the proposed DREAM-city on the outskirts of Surat.
