Power crisis: Kanpur tanneries see input costs rise by more than 50%

The third part of a series captures the travails of tanneries from ground zero

Sitting inside his cramped office in a dusty bylane of the Jajmau industrial area of Kanpur, a bespectacled Naiyer Jamal exudes an air of despair. The owner of a small scale tannery called Mukhdoom Tanning Industries, Jamal says that the frequent power cuts in the area this year have dealt a body blow to the sector which was just about coming out of the crippling impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The power situation is awful this year. We are witnessing frequent power cuts without any scheduled roster. The small tannery owners especially are suffering a lot,” he says.

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