Decline and financial crisis has poorly affected the cotton textile industry in West Bengal. At present only five out of 19 mills in the private sector and three out of 12 mills in the public sector are fully functional.
Nine cotton textile mills were shut down by the government in the public sector, which was operated by the National Textile Corporation Ltd.
State Labour Department sources informed that mills, both in the private and public sectors had been facing serious problems since almost decade.
The mills owns machine, which are in bad conditions and exhausted machineries, besides decline and substantial financial crisis.
These mills were sustaining to play a very important role in the eastern region economy since the setting up of various mills before and after independence.