Apparel Online India Magazine May 1-15, 2019 | Page 21

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Baikuntha Cotton Mills of Rs. 1.12 crore
at Cuttack; and Premier Threads has a
project of Rs. 1.26 crore in Khurda.
Textile Park planned, but…
Almost four years ago, MoT had urged the
Orissa Government to submit a proposal
to set up a textile park. Recently it was
informed by the State Government that
Odisha will set up three textile parks –
Bhadrak textiles park, Chattabara textile
park and Ramdaspur textile park. The
State Government also approached some
companies to invest here. One of them
Madhu Sudhan Bhageria, CMD, Filatex
India, New Delhi shared his experience:
“You can’t just come up with the policy only
like Odisha. I explored Odisha as it is now
developing, but as far as infrastructure is
concerned, there is nothing… If there is no
surrounding market, what can one do…?
You need basic support. If basic facilities
are not there, then you will incur more
expenses for running that project. If you
Other benefits…
• Odisha too has better
connectivity, be it of road, rail,
air or port.
• The state also boasts of
many training centres for the
apparel industry under the
Skill India and Integrated Skill
Development Programmes.
NIFT is also there from almost a
decade.
• Bhubaneswar is a clean and
green city with all the amenities
that justify its position as the
capital city of the state on the
growth curve.
want people to come first, then create the
infrastructure… That does not happen
anymore.”
Is Ranchi gaining…
Ranchi (Jharkhand), another emerging
hub for apparel manufacturing is getting
better momentum compared to Odisha.
Orient Craft and Arvind Ltd. have already
started their units while some others
are running their training centres and
are in process to start their operations.
Triburg is also running a project there;
and recently, the Epic Group has also
announced its intent to invest in Odisha
in a big way. Is the Ranchi project gaining
better traction because it is being led by
industry stalwarts like Sudhir Dhingra,
CMD, Orient Craft who are having full
faith in the potential of the region and are
also standing by the authorities through
thick and thin overcoming challenges…
This is an interesting question that needs
retrospective.
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