Gujarat (India) will soon get its first cooperative cotton spinning plant. With the total expenditure of Rs. 140 crore, Surat Vankar Sahkari Sangh is going to start the plant in cooperative sector of Dinod village, the tribal-dominated area of Mangrol taluka which will be inaugurated by Cooperation Minister Ishwarsinh Patel on 1 June, 2017.
The plant will have around 30,000 spindles which will be helpful in twisting of 17,000 tonnes of cotton yarns on regular basis. Spread across 17-acre land, it will have 10 units of weaving, five units of knitting and three units for garment manufacturing. The yarn manufactured at the facility will be of international quality which has a huge market in China, Pakistan and Indonesia.
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Rajnikant Bachkaniwala, President, Surat Vankar Sahkari Sangh said, “In the last three decades, this is the first state-of-the-art cotton spinning plant being set up by us in Gujarat. The manufacturing of cotton fabric is on the rise in Surat and surrounding areas. Most of our members are manufacturing cotton fabric. We will supply the cotton yarn at economical rates to our members and rest will be exported.”
