3 min readAug 3, 2026 09:07 PM IST
Affected by heavy rainfall and floods, the textile trading markets in Surat remained open on Sunday to meet the pending orders ahead of the upcoming festival season. Sources said textile fabrics worth Rs 25 crore were dispatched on Sunday, a traditional holiday for the Surat textile markets which remain closed for at least six days in July due to floods.
Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTTA) secretary Dinesh Katariya said textile traders had independently reached out to the presidents of different textile markets and requested to allow them to open their shops on August 2.
“The textile markets remained closed on July 7 and 8 and again on 22 and 23 and once more on July 30 and 31 due to floods and heavy rains, affecting the traders. Several traders also faced losses after their shops were waterlogged following heavy rainfall,” Katariya said.
Calling it a good season for the textile trading industry, Katriya said there is a large number of orders from buyers in other states in view of the upcoming festivals.
“If the market remains closed during this period, traders cannot meet the delivery deadlines for the orders from across the country. On Sunday, a majority of the textile markets in Surat remained open, which was unusual. The traders also had told the presidents and FOSSTA to allow them to work on the next upcoming Sunday, August 8,” he said.
Surat Textile Goods Transport Association president Yuvraj Deshle said over 300 trucks loaded with fabric materials left for other destinations on Sunday.
The transport service offices in Surat were opened on Sunday as per the demand of traders, he added.
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“On Sunday, over 320 trucks loaded with textile fabrics left for other destinations from Surat.
Generally, we dispatch around 150 trucks a day. There are over 600 transporters who receive parcels from textile traders and deliver them to wholesale customers across the country. Fabric materials worth around Rs 30 crore were dispatched on Sunday,” Deshle added.
Textile traders said they are paying additional wages to the labourers for working on Sunday to meet their target. Suni Jain, a textile trader, said: “We have got a good number of orders and are trying hard so that the parcels reach the buyers across the country on time.”
“On July 31, one of my buyers in South India bought 25,000 sarees from a unit in Pandesara as our market was closed. If we keep shops closed, we will not only lose business but also our regular customers, who come from far away destinations.”
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