Surat's textile industry faces labour shortage, urges resumption of train services to bring in workersAround six lakh people work in the textile industry in Surat. Out of these around 50 per cent workers are from Odisha. The industry has now...
Lockdown: Migrant workers clash with police in GujaratHundreds of migrant workers clashed with police near Vareli village on the outskirts of Surat while demanding that arrangements be made to ...
Frantic labourers pelt stones at police in SuratA skirmish broke out between migrant labourers, frantically trying to reach their homes in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and the police in Surat...
Surat’s underground garbage system shows way to Delhi and other big citiesThe municipal body has engaged 425 vehicles which ply on 900 routes for door to door collection of waste. Each vehicle has RFID tag and GPS...
Surat cloth traders refuse to board GST busSurat has around 170 big and small textile markets comprising more than 75,000 shops with a daily aggregate turnover of Rs 115 crore.
Startling differences in working conditions of diamond and garment industry in SuratA diamond polishing worker on the rolls of a company earns Rs 15,000-25,000 a month. Temporary workers earn Rs 300-1,500 per carat of diamo...
- Now, CCTVs to monitor pollution
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), Surat, has asked all the industrial units in the city and its periphery to install closed circuit t...
- From Wasteland to Wonderland
GEPIL is standing true to the test of waste management and resource recycling in South Gujarat and India Gujarat Enviro Protection and Infr...
- Making fresh beginnings
The business corridor of South Gujarat is eager to don the role of a progressive industrial hub. It enjoys strategic advantages in terms of...