SURAT: With almost 25 per cent of small power loom weaving units shut due to the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the remaining observing a month-long
Diwali vacation
from October 18, power loom weavers have urged the city police to intensify night patrolling in the industrial areas to curb incidents of burglaries there.
Federation of Gujarat Weavers Association
(FOGWA) office-bearers led by its president Ashok Jirawala met police commissioner Satish Sharma and submitted a slew of demands on behalf of the 25,000 power loom units spread across the city.
The FOGWA stated that the GST has broken the spine of power loom sector and weavers have unanimously decided to go on a month-long Diwali vacation from October 18. In order to avoid incidents of burglaries in closed units, the police are required to patrol the industrial areas during night hours.
The FOGWA also stated that the economic offence wing of the city police lodged complaints in the default cases above Rs 25 lakh, which should be reduced to Rs 5 lakh in order to protect the small and medium weavers from losing money to defaulters and fly-by-night operators in the textile markets.
Each and every textile markets located on Ring Road, Sahara Darwaja and
Salabatpura
areas should be intimated to display the list of shops on the entrance of their gates with their respective GST numbers and police stations asked to assist weavers in default cases, it said.
FOGWA president Ashok Jirawala said, “We have presented the issues concerning the power loom sector to the police commissioner. The industry is passing through a rough patch due to GST’s implementation. Many power loom units have shut down in the last one month. Under such circumstances, we need the help of the police to protect the weavers.”
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