Odisha Pitches Bhubaneswar as Cheaper Apparel Hub Than Bangladesh
State official Hemant Sharma claims shirt manufacturing in Bhubaneswar undercuts Bangladesh on cost, positioning Odisha as an emerging textile hub to attract domestic and global manufacturers over the next five years.
Odisha is rapidly emerging as an apparel manufacturing hub, with an official claiming shirt production in Bhubaneswar is cheaper than Bangladesh, attracting domestic and global textile manufacturers to the state.
Why this matters
The pitch extends Odisha's textile push, following plans to revive the Shree Sarala mill as an apparel cluster in Tirtol and a $22M women's hostel anchoring the Kalibeti hub workforce.
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