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Neeraj BaggaTribune News ServiceAmritsar April 14Double challenge from Bangladesh and Gujarat has put the local warp knitting industry a form of textile in existential crisis. Known as fashion fabric warp knitting is prominently used in party wear dresses. Unlike local industry Gujarat is situated close to ports from where it can export without investing much on transportation. Competition from Gujarat-based knitters slowed down the growth of local industry considerably. “Surat-based warp knitting industry has recorded multiple time progress during the past one decade while there used to exist no such industry before” he said..