After Chennai floods, now Supreme Court’s (SC) order banning entry of goods vehicle in Delhi and hiking environment compensatory charges by 100 per cent has hit the textile traders and transporters from Surat, who supply man-made fabrics (MMF) including saris and dress materials worth Rs 20 crores to the national capital.
Textile traders believe Supreme Court's orders will increase the prices of textile goods supplied from Surat and other textile manufacturing centers. According to Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry's (SG textile committee Chairman Devkishan Manghani, it's going to be tough for wholesalers in Delhi to manage loading and off-loading of textile goods given the SC ruling. The overhead expenses, including transport and labour costs, will increase go up and the wholesalers may have to bear extra expense of Rs 200 per parcel containing around 150 saris and dress materials.
According to the industry players, textile goods are further sent to Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal from New Delhi. The court clarifies that no vehicle registered in 2005 or prior years shall be allowed to enter Delhi even after payment of enhanced green cess. For the rest of the commercial vehicles registered after 2005, the cess has now been doubled - Rs 700 to Rs 1,400 for light commercial vehicles and Rs 1,300 to Rs 2,600 for heavy commercial vehicles.
Since most of the transport trucks were registered before 2005, they will now have to deliver the goods on national highway outside Delhi. They have let the textile traders know about the situation, who will have to make an alternative arrangement for loading and off-loading of the goods at additional expense.
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