Panipat : Industries in Panipat
Panipat is a city of textiles and carpets. It is the biggest centre for cheap blankets and carpets in India and has a handloom weaving industry. The pickle “Pachranga International” is also well known. Panipat also has heavy industry, with a refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation, a National Thermal Power Corporation power plant and a National Fertilizers Limited plant.
Some salient features of industry in Panipat include:
* Three major public sector projects: the Indian Oil Corporation oil refinery, the National Fertilizers Limited plant and the thermal power station.
* Biggest centre in the country for producing shoddy (recycled) yarn, and a large consumer of rags for reprocessing.
* Biggest centre in the country for producing low priced blankets, a traditional supplier of barrack blankets to the armed forces.
* Biggest centre in the country engaged in export of cotton durries, made-ups, throws and mats.
* Samalkha, a small town near Panipat, is known for foundry work and supply of agricultural machinery to neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.
* Relatively high wages compared to the Indian national average – a worker earns Rs.70/- to 120/- per day on Handloom/ Powerloom.
* The town has infrastructure such as rail, road and inland container depots well suited to industry and export.