The following is a round-up of apparel and footwear news from the world’s local media.

• India’s NIFT-TEA Knitwear Fashion Institute is looking to develop equipment to dye cotton fabrics without using water, in addition to drafting a curriculum on agro textiles. The technical innovations are planned as part of collaborative projects the Institute will take up with Synthetic and Arts Silk Mills Research (SASMIRA) – which has already developed an appliance for dyeing polyester fabrics used liquefied carbon dioxide instead of water. THE HINDU

• Growing cotton near kinnow orchards is one of the reasons behind the intensity of whitefly attacks on the crop, according to an official of the Punjab Agriculture Department. He says kinnow fruit orchards provide favourable conditions for the pest. Punjab is one of the leading states in the country for producing kinnow, a citrus fruit crop. In Punjab, 1.36 lakh hectares out of total 4.50 lakh hectares of cotton acreage was ravaged by whitefly attack last season and the output dropped by 40%. BUSINESS STANDARD

• Seven people were injured when a landslide buried the Dhaulagiri Cotton Factory in Parbat district in Nepal on Tuesday night. According to the district police office, the incident occurred when the people were sleeping at the factory. One of those injured is said to be in a critical condition. THE HIMALAYAN TIMES

• The three-day strike by workers of state-owned road transport corporations has severely affected businesses in and around Benglauru in India, particularly the textile and garment sector, according to the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC). Karnataka has around 500,000 workers in the garment and textile sector, with most of them working in the city. The workforce mostly comprises women, who rely on buses for their daily commute. THE HINDU

• Exchanges between women garment industry workers in Myanmar and Bangladesh are being strengthened by a multi-million euro project funded by the European Union. A seven-member women’s delegation returned to Yangon this week after a study trip to Dhaka as part of the EU-funded SMART Myanmar project, which has been helping to build capacity in the garment sector for more than three-and-a-half years. The trip was arranged by SMART and its local partner, the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers’ Association (MGMA). The main aim of the trip was to visit centres for women in Dhaka run by the Awaj Foundation, a group that campaigns for the rights of workers. Services provided at the foundation’s centres, or “women’s cafés” as they are known, include legal advice and medical support. FRONTIER MYANMAR

• A hike in cotton prices over the past two months is having an impact on the competitiveness of the entire textile value chain in Southern India. Now, industrial associations are seeking measures by the Textile Ministry to stabilise cotton prices. Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) chairman M Senthil Kumar said the mills want the Indian cotton prices to be on a par with international prices throughout the year, and that the prices should be stable. He addded that when prices increase suddenly, the entire value chain is affected for about four months in a year. THE HINDU

  

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