Curbs in Ahmedabad give Surat business winning margins

To tackle industrial pollution, restrictions have been imposed for the past 11 months on Danilimda's textile units in Ahmedabad, which have made political parties vote for Surat as an alternative source for election campaign materials.

Elections anywhere in India generate business for Surat, the world's largest manufacturing hub for artificial fabrics.

After receiving orders, Surat units can supply affordable textile products in three to four days because they have an established value chain.

Now, the assembly election in Gujarat will bring more business to the Diamond City in the absence of Ahmedabad players.

Danilimda textile processing units usually buzzed throughout the year and many units provided election materials to all major political parties.

Ahmedabad has hundreds of textile dyeing and printing units run by the Chhipa community, which dominated the election materials business.

However, this year, more than 600 textile processing units in Danilimda have been closed because of the pollution problem.