State Non SSI Mills SSI SSI Total.
1 Tamil Nadu --- 868 976 1844
2 Maharastra --- 125 17 143
3 Haryana --- 66 72 138
4 Andhra Pradesh-108 20 128
5 Punjab ------- 79 30 109
6 Utar Pradesh-- 53 42 95
7 Gujarat ----- 37 22 59
8 Rajastan ----- 47 8 55
9 Karnataka ---- 47 6 53
10 MP -------- 42 8 50
11 Kerala ----- 30 5 35
12 WB ------- 21 0 21
13 HP --------18 2 20
14 Orisa ----- 16 1 17
15 Others ------ 39 10 49
TOTALLY ----------------------------------- 2816 Textile Mills working in 1941
Textile Industry during this period was the Mother of all Industry during this period.
It was also as some people called it as Sun 'Raise Industry'.
The government at that period did nothing to help the Industry and good mills that
managed the mills kept going good. Good Mills that managed badly went BAD.
Some mills who were good had to close due to bad management.
Closed mills had closed the doors but employee's were on Footpath. lp;
A labour leader of Bombay at this period closed all Mills including mills that were
working and it spread to other states. The other states where few mills which
were somehow managing also shut their Gates.
Lacs of unemployed workers of hundreds of big,medium and small mills found
no alternate jobs except to join construction workers which provided daily
wages with food in same areas.
Many were on protest in urban areas and were creating law and order
problems by creating different types of protests and it was a mess every
town and city,Local govt's went found no solutions and it was now going all
the different states and now it was a national issue.
I had completed 4 years in Coimbatore reputed mills 'Kothari Textiles'at
Singanalore and had good experience in spinning and requirements of weaving
for yarn quality of 67/33 % warp yarn being produced for the first time in
South Indian textile Mills.Experts from UK had come to guide me in processing
the fiber and had gone to Bombay (now Mumbai) to get advise from the
Spinning Superintendent Mr.H.P.Wadia of Century Mills as to how to process
cotton to produce high Twistd Voile Yarn.
Things changed my mill was not making any profit in weaving and month
after month loss was unacceptable and our No.2 Mills was making good profit
and their yarn was sold at the highest price.
Our Mill yarn was good only as weft yarn and I could not make Hosiery Yarn
for making Hosiery fabrics. I went and saw the Knitting Mills few times
but the problem was not cotton processing it was cotton and American Combers
that was creating all the defects in our yarn.
I told the problem to Spinning Master who was also Asst Manager of the Mills
and was a classmate of Mill Manager.He was helpless, I know.
Sudenly one day I saw No.2 Mill Manager in our Spinning Department taking a good look
at each Ring Spinning Machines. I kept quite but took all the care to keep the
machines clean by engaging few extra workers and making your breakages less
by coing little cousrser but it was no good. Suddenly Mill No.2 started coming
few more days and it stopped.
TABLES TURN,I AM IN A MESS.
1) Our Mill Manager was transfered as General Manager
to HO at Madras (now Channai)
2) Our Mill Asst Manager was transfered as Manager
of No.2 Mills at Tudiyalur,Coinmatore.
3) No.2 Mill Manager was posted at my mill as Manager,
he along with him brought to my Mill his No2 Mills his
Asst Manager as his Asst Manager cum Spinning Master.
to my misfortune he was my New Asst Manager, and he
came and sat in the office of my mill Asst Manager cum
Spinning Master.
The New Manager and New Asst Manager did not do any changes
I continewed my work and my new Asst Manager was good to me.
He did instruct me some things not technical but in process and
there was no change in working.
I went to my God Father who was visiting my Mills he was a
Manager of a branch of Chemicals used in Sizing in my mills.
I told him everything that he knew.
I told him I want a Job immediatly as I cannot work in a mill
where new people were my superiors.
HE TOLD ME TO WAIT FOR SOMETIME.
I was doing my Job as usual. (undesignated Spinning Master),
My junior at No2 Mills was promoted as Spinning Master so my
promotion was not considered by the New Manager nor
he talked to me about this proposal to bring in his man
in No2 Mills.
I went and met God Father and told him I want to get out of
the mill and he must try for me a Spinning Masters Job.
He said wait few more days. I know that he will place me
in some mills and went on with my work.
He got me a Job as 'SPINNING SUPERINTENDENT' and their, salary
was a real dream.
My Life as Supervisor to incharge of 30,000 spindle mill ended in Coimbatore City.
Lacs of unemployed workers of hundreds of big,medium and small mills found
no alternate jobs except to join construction workers which provided daily
wages with food in same areas.
Many were on protest in urban areas and were creating law and order
problems by creating different types of protests and it was a mess every
town and city,Local govt's went found no solutions and it was now going all
the different states and now it was a national issue.
I had completed 4 years in Coimbatore reputed mills 'Kothari Textiles'at
Singanalore and had good experience in spinning and requirements of weaving
for yarn quality of 67/33 % warp yarn being produced for the first time in
South Indian textile Mills.Experts from UK had come to guide me in processing
the fiber and had gone to Bombay (now Mumbai) to get advise from the
Spinning Superintendent Mr.H.P.Wadia of Century Mills as to how to process
cotton to produce high Twistd Voile Yarn.
Things changed my mill was not making any profit in weaving and month
after month loss was unacceptable and our No.2 Mills was making good profit
and their yarn was sold at the highest price.
Our Mill yarn was good only as weft yarn and I could not make Hosiery Yarn
for making Hosiery fabrics. I went and saw the Knitting Mills few times
but the problem was not cotton processing it was cotton and American Combers
that was creating all the defects in our yarn.
I told the problem to Spinning Master who was also Asst Manager of the Mills
and was a classmate of Mill Manager.He was helpless, I know.
Sudenly one day I saw No.2 Mill Manager in our Spinning Department taking a good look
at each Ring Spinning Machines. I kept quite but took all the care to keep the
machines clean by engaging few extra workers and making your breakages less
by coing little cousrser but it was no good. Suddenly Mill No.2 started coming
few more days and it stopped.
TABLES TURN,I AM IN A MESS.
1) Our Mill Manager was transfered as General Manager to HO at Madras (now Channai) 2) Our Mill Asst Manager was transfered as Manager of No.2 Mills at Tudiyalur,Coinmatore. 3) No.2 Mill Manager was posted at my mill as Manager, he along with him brought to my Mill his No2 Mills his Asst Manager as his Asst Manager cum Spinning Master. to my misfortune he was my New Asst Manager, and he came and sat in the office of my mill Asst Manager cum Spinning Master. The New Manager and New Asst Manager did not do any changes I continewed my work and my new Asst Manager was good to me. He did instruct me some things not technical but in process and there was no change in working.
I went to my God Father who was visiting my Mills he was a Manager of a branch of Chemicals used in Sizing in my mills. I told him everything that he knew. I told him I want a Job immediatly as I cannot work in a mill where new people were my superiors. HE TOLD ME TO WAIT FOR SOMETIME. I was doing my Job as usual. (undesignated Spinning Master), My junior at No2 Mills was promoted as Spinning Master so my promotion was not considered by the New Manager nor he talked to me about this proposal to bring in his man in No2 Mills. I went and met God Father and told him I want to get out of the mill and he must try for me a Spinning Masters Job. He said wait few more days. I know that he will place me in some mills and went on with my work. He got me a Job as 'SPINNING SUPERINTENDENT' and their, salary was a real dream. My Life as Supervisor to incharge of 30,000 spindle mill ended in Coimbatore City.
