ERODE: The lorry owners strike, which has entered the third day in Tamil Nadu today, has hit the textile and hosiery hub of Erode and Coimbatore with more than Rs 100 crore of knitwear garments lying in factories, trade sources said.In Erode, more than Rrs 150 crore worth textile business has taken a hit. More than Rs 75 crore worth textile goods have piled up with manufacturers. Similarly more than Rs 25 crore worth of bedsheets in Chennimalai, Rs 20 crore worth of 'gada' and other textile goods are with local traders.Garments were also stocked with producers, sources said.Erode is noted for its textiles and every day more than Rs 10 crore worth of textile goods were sent to Gujarat and some other States for dyeing, bleaching and other process.Due to the lorry strike from August 18 midnight, no lorry was operated to North Indian States and textile manufacturers could not transport their goods.Similarly dispatch of turmeric, oil, leather and other products have also been affected and the products have piled up with manufacturers and traders.Lorry owners have said they would intensify the strike from Monday. Local lorries operating within the state would be stopped from that day, they said.The Tamil Nadu State Federation of Lorry Owners Association and All India Motor Congress are protesting the rise in diesel prices and toll charges, among other things.A report from Coimbatore said following reports of possible increase of toll by 31 private toll plazas across Tamil Nadu, said to be the highest in India, from next month, as announced by National Highways Authority of India, some Association representatives met and discussed the issue.The decision to convert the regional strike into a nation wide one would be taken in one or two days, in consultation with AIMC in Delhi, Federation sources said.With majority of the trucks in Tamil Nadu off the road, finished products like cotton yarn, readymade garments, handloom and powerloom fabrics started stockpiling in the respective mills and industries.Textile mills in Coimbatore produced nearly 1.5 to two million kgs of yarn per day and about half of the production was sent to other States, particularly Maharashtra, which however, could not be transported for the last two days due to non-availability of trucks, Southern India Mills' Association sources said.Similarly, knitwear garments worth over rs.100 crore were lying in the factories and also large quantity of fabrics meant for sending for dyeing to Kolkata, Ludhiana, Surat and Mysore were also lying in nearby hosiery hub of Tirupur, industry sources said.
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