India, April 25 -- Morbi's ceramic industry, which has already recovered to around 290 operational units after a near-shutdown in March, is set to return to full capacity in May with 675-700 units expected to be running as Gujarat Gas ramps up piped natural gas supply to the cluster, a senior government official said on Friday.

"Operations picked up in April, with gas consumption rising from 0.36 million metric standard cubic metres per day (mmscmd) at the end of March, when about 83 units were operational, to 2.70 mmscmd by April 22, serving around 290 units," a Gujarat Gas official said.

Sandip Kundariya, president of the Floor Tiles Division of the Morbi Ceramic Manufacturers Association, said the cluster was on track to return to fu...