Delivery of finished, unfinished fabrics banned for a week

Surat: With the phenomenal rise in the Covid-19 cases in the city after unlock 0.1, the Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTTA) has decided not to allow any finished and unfinished fabric parcels from the powerloom units and textile mills for a week starting June 8.
FOSTTA office-bearers stated that the representatives had organised a meeting with municipal commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani on Friday to discuss the operational issues at the textile markets due to the spike in the Covid-19 cases at Limbayat and central zone of the city.
It has been decided to keep the markets operational from 9 am to 7 pm by strictly banning the entry of workers and others coming from the containment zones and hotspot areas. The traders will have to strictly follow social distancing rules.
Secretary of FOSTTA, Champalal Bothra, said: “A decision has been taken to ban the delivery of grey fabrics and finished fabrics from the powerloom units and textile mills. However, the parcels containing value addition of the fabrics will be allowed in the markets.”
“The chewing of tobacco and smoking will be strictly prohibited and that the managements will be fixing fine amount for those caught in the markets,” added Bothra.
“The workers in the markets and textile traders arriving from other states will have to remain in the home quarantine strictly for 14 days. There will be no entry of children below 10 years and senior citizens above 65 years in the textile markets,” said Manoj Agarwal, president of FOSTTA.