Acute power shortage in the South has plunged business into crisis

Coimbatore, the industrial town in Tamil Nadu, has over 50,000 small units. These make parts used in textile machinery, automobiles, household gadgets et cetera. Babu's unit, called SJ Industries, made parts for pumps. In 2008, he had quit his job with a big unit, pawned his wife's jewellery, raised loans from friends and invested Rs 5.2 lakh in five machines.

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