Kanpur: The hosiery industry of the city may get a boost as Uttar Pradesh Small Industry Corporation (UPSIC) is contemplating to set up a hosiery cluster and facility centre in the city.
It may be mentioned that Federation of Hosiery Manufacturing Association (FOHMA) recently handed over a list of around 30 cloth stitching and garments manufacturing units to the officers concerned. Several industrialists, attached with the hosiery industry, have expressed their desire to establish an ultra modern lab at their units.
According to sources, during the Corona pandemic, it was the hosiery industry which had given the maximum employment to the people. A hosiery entrepreneur Balram Narula and the FOHMA general secretary said that several workers could work together in stitching clusters. The ultra tech machines could produce complete products at one place, they said.
As Kanpur is the third biggest hosiery industry center in India, therefore, people associated with this industry, have demanded setting up of stitching clusters.
Manoj Banka, president, Northern India Hosiery Manufacturing Association, stated that at present around 2000 small and medium stitching units were working in the city employing around 50,000 workers most of whom were working in thread, knitting, cutting and finishing .
“The hosiery industry which is free of any pollution can double its production if it gets proper place inside the city where a large number of women too can get suitable employment”, Banka said.
Executive engineer UPSIC Prabhat Bajpai stated that a flatted factory was going to be raised at Dada Nagar industrial area, and the industries department had asked to submit a proposal for establishing a cluster.