The South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) has proposed an Rs 80-crore project to encourage green textile processing.
“The proposal involves establishing a Centre of Excellence in Tiruppur, while strengthening the research and development facilities at SITRA’s Coimbatore campus,” Prakash Vasudevan, Director of SITRA, told The Hindu.
The project is expected to help garment and home textile producers to reduce water and salt consumption in textile processing and meet sustainability requirements of buyers.
The Centre of Excellence will be linked to a common effluent treatment plant (CETP). Textile processing units connected to the CETP will benefit from the technologies introduced through the Centre of Excellence.
“SITRA has already undertaken work on saltless dyeing technologies and is also developing waterless dyeing solutions,” Prakash Vasudevan added.
The Coimbatore based research organisation has appealed to both the Tamil Nadu and Union governments to support the initiative, as Indian textile and apparel exporters increasingly adopt sustainable production practices.
A. Sakthivel, Chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) also urged Union Textile Minister Giriraj Singh to support the project during the Minister’s recent visit to Tiruppur.
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