Why in News?

•  One day Technical Seminar was organized by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation on “Use of Technical Textiles in Water Resources Works”.

Technical Textiles:

•  A technical textile is a textile product manufactured for non-aesthetic purposes, where function is the primary criterion.
•  Technical textiles include
•  Textiles for automotive applications, medical textiles (e.g., implants)
•  Geotextiles (reinforcement of embankments)
•  Agro-textiles (textiles for crop protection)
•  And protective clothing (e.g., heat and radiation protection for fire fighter clothing molten metal protection for welders, stab protection and bulletproof vests, and spacesuits).

Significance of technical textile:

•  Technical Textiles are being used globally for last several decades.
•  These materials have provided innovative engineering solutions for several applications in civil and geotechnical engineering, for infrastructure water resources projects.
•  Even while Technical Textiles have been extensively used in developed as well as many developing countries, India has yet to capitalise the technical, economic and environmental benefits on large scale.
•  Various parts of India are subjected to floods and environmental degradation.
•  In some of the terrains, the flood management and control can rely on Technical Textiles tubes, containers and bags.
•  Technical Textiles have been found to perform better than concrete as water protection
• component because of permeability, flexibility and ease of underwater placement.