In a gathering of members of Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) and Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai on Thursday, merchants requested {that a} Jain temple be constructed on BDB premises, and a room to be put aside for them to have supper.
As a part of their efforts to persuade diamond merchants to maneuver their enterprise to the SDB positioned in Khajod on the outskirts of Surat, SDB chairman Govind Dholakia of SRK Exports, vice-chairman Lalji Patel of Dharmanandan Diamonds, president Arvind Shah and vice-president Ashesh Doshi, had been in Mumbai to satisfy BDB merchants and brokers.
BDB president Anup Mehta, vice-chairman of Gems and Jewelry Export Promotion Council Kirit Bhansali, and different members met SDB members. Earlier than this, the SDB members held two conferences with merchants and brokers at Surat’s Mahidarpura and Varachha diamond markets, to persuade them to shift to Khajod.
Within the assembly, Dholakia appealed to BDB merchants to open workplaces in SDB. The merchants, a lot of who’re from the Jain neighborhood, sought cubicles. “The Jain merchants requested a temple and a corridor to eat earlier than sundown. We’ve got assured them that their points can be regarded into,” Lalji Patel mentioned on Friday. Jains practise Chovyar, which is having night meal earlier than sundown.
Jayesh Labdi, a dealer with BDB, mentioned: “The assembly was good… These current within the assembly, who owned workplaces in SDB, assured that they may begin inside work of their workplaces to get open the workplaces by July 7 (marking the holy day of Ashadhi Beej).”
He added, “Diamond retailers who personal workplaces in BDB won’t shift their workplaces to SDB, however they may begin working from Surat as nicely. Whereas one particular person will take care of the Mumbai workplace, one other will take care of the Surat workplace.”
Lalji Patel mentioned, “We acquired optimistic response in our assembly… all have assured that they may begin their workplaces from July 7. The committee members of SDB will even begin operations on July 7. All the problems raised by the brokers and merchants of BDB shall be regarded into.”