A textile processing cluster will be set up at a private industrial estate at Thamaraipatti in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu to promote more inclusive and eco-friendly garment production.

Thirty six textile processing units have agreed to be part of the cluster, said project director of Southern Districts Textile Processing Cluster KR Gnanasambandam. 

The cluster will have textile units where 96 per cent of the water used would be recycled. The remaining water, which is primarily dye-based, will evaporate. Steam will not pollute the environment. Sediments, which contain a large amount of limestone, will be shipped to cement factories, Gnanasambandam told a top south Indian English-language newspaper. 

Primary operations will include bleaching, dyeing and spinning yarn. The units would deal with a variety of fabrics, but will primarily focus on cotton, silk and jute, he said. 

An amount of ₹200 crore had been allocated for the projected under the ministry of textile’s Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS). While the central government would bear half of the cost, the state and private industry promoters would contribute 25 per cent each, he said. 

The units’ zero waste design also had the approval of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology -Madras, he added. 

Published On : 31-08-2019

Source : Fibre 2 Fashion