Surat's looming crisis: Workers, industries pay the price of power cuts

The second part of a series on power crisis takes you to Surat, a commercial textiles hub. This ground report looks at the impact on weaves and knit

Fifty-two-year old Mulayam Singh, who hails from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh and works in the Pandesara industrial estate in Surat, is sad that his friends and colleagues from UP have gone back home for festivals, but he has not been able to due to his lack of savings. 

“To make matters worse, the weekly power cuts mean that I lose employment for a day, unlike those working in the city limits who are able to earn more and save for a trip back home,” rues Singh.

Last month, the state-run Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) had ordered weekly staggered