ICSE Class 10 Geography
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Manufacturing Industries in India - I : Agro-based — Question 3
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Give two reasons why the cotton textile industry has been developed around Mumbai.
Two reasons why the cotton textile industry has been developed around Mumbai are:
- The black cotton soil in the hinterland of Mumbai which provides cotton as basic raw material.
- Humid climate of shore-based Mumbai which is ideal for this industry as the thread does not break so easily.