Garment industry urges Karnataka govt to allow factories to operate at 50% attendance
April 26, 2021
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Delay in supply of finished goods will affect the European buyers and will result in huge penalty, losses
The garment industry Karnataka Employers’ Association (KEA) has urged the State government to allow garment factories to operate at 50 per cent attendance and with strict Covid measures.
Earlier in the day, the state Cabinet at its meeting decided to impose state-wide lockdown and allowed only construction activities and manufacturing industry to function normally. However Garment factories were ordered to be shut.
KEA president BC Prabhakar, citing the following reasons to allow garment factories to open, said, “Garment factories employ maximum number of employees next only to agriculture. In Bengaluru alone, there are more than 8 lakh workers employed in this sector.”