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Surat textile industry faces transport crisis due to floods
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|October 02, 2025
As the Diwali season approaches, Surat textile trade is facing an unprecedented crisis.
Heavy rains, floods, and landslides in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have disrupted road transport across North India, leaving about 100 trucks stranded and reducing Surat’s cloth shipments by 40%.
Where Surat traditionally sends around 300 trucks daily carrying cloth to North India, only 180 trucks are operating now, creating a shortfall of 120 trucks. Traders say this shortage is hitting them hard during the peak festive season.
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