Rajkot's diesel engine and machine tools manufacturing industries have suffered a setback due to transporters' strike which entered the fifth day on Thursday. | |
| The industries are estimated to lose up to Rs 2.50 crore a day as products are stuck at various points and raw material supply is affected, industry sources said. |
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| Rupesh Mehta, president of the Machine Tools Manufacturers' Association, Rajkot, said manufacturers could not send products to various parts of the country on schedule. |
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| Engineering industries of Rajkot cater to users in the southern parts of the country and the strike has affected their business. |
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| The strike has also hit foundry units in Rajkot which depend on pig iron transported from other states for production. |
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| The strike has affected more then one lakh people who are directly or indirectly employed by Rajkot-based industries. More than 10,000 small and medium units are manufacturing various products in Rajkot. |
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| Many small units are unable to sustain losses for a longer period and have stopped production. They do not have adequate space to stock finished products which are not transported to clients. |
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| Exports is another sector which has been affected by the strike. As many as 20 containers carry engineering goods worth around Rs 3 crore from Rajkot for dispatch to overseas everyday. |
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| Exports have been severely crippled and the business is losing crores of rupees, Dhanshukhbhai Vora, honorary secretary, Greater Rajkot Chamber of Commerce, said. |
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