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FEATURE
through sustainable raw materials and processes
by 2025.
UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE
MINISTRY OF TEXTILES, AN
APPAREL CLUSTER IS TO BE
DEVELOPED IN THE NOIDA REGION.
The project is a commitment made by the
Indian apparel industry to move towards fashion
that contributes to a cleaner environment. With
leading fashion and retail brands having come
together to get this off the ground, the project’s
signatories include the Future Group, Shoppers
Stop, Aditya Birla Retail Limited, Arvind Fashions,
Lifestyle, Max, Raymond, House of Anita
Dongre, W, Biba, Westside, 109F, Spykar, Levi’s,
Bestsellers, and Reliance Trends. Project SU.RE
aims to create a sustainable pathway for the
fashion industry. The signatories have committed
themselves to a five-point resolution, one of
its points being that they will source or utilise a
substantial portion of their total consumption
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
ADDITIONAL HUBS
The 3,000 odd garment-manufacturing units in
Noida have received some much-needed fillip in
recent times. Under the aegis of the Ministry of
Textiles, an apparel cluster is to be developed in
the Noida region. It is estimated that five lakh jobs
will be created as a result of this special project.
The park will be developed right next to the
site where the Jewar International Airport is
going to be developed on an area measuring
5,000 hectares.
The 3,000 garment-manufacturing units
in Noida employ thousands of workers in
different capacities. In order to boost economic
development in the region, the state government
has asked the Yamuna Expressway Industrial
Development Authority (YEIDA) to develop an
apparel park in Sector 29, which is located along
the expressway. The authorities are confident
that these developments will also boost the
overall reputation of the industrial town. The
establishment of a fashion street is also under
consideration so as to bolster the town’s chances
of emerging as a fashion hub, which will not only
lead to industrial growth but also job-creation.
The street will be modelled on the lines of the
famed fashion streets of Paris.
“The YEIDA has started the process of land
allotment to about 150 investors, who will
invest R5,000 crore in the apparel park, to be
developed in Sector 29 in the next three years.
We will manufacture all kinds of garments and
accessories, including buttons, yarn and other
materials at these units,” Lalit Thukral, President,
Noida Apparel Export Cluster (NAEC), has said.