”G Sampath, district general secretary, CITU Tirupur, said, “We welcome the government’s initiative, which was a long demand of trade unions. Employees from other districts and states working in the association’s member units could start using the facility. It would be run by the Tirupur Exporters’ Association (Tea) now. It can accommodate 570 women.T Sai Lokesh, project officer in Perundurai Sipcot said, “The facility was constructed with our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund. But it was not enough as more than 6 lakh people are employed in the knitwear cluster and other clusters..