The Commissioner of Textiles, Government of Maharashtra, Nagpur designated a team of officials to Telangana state to study the weaving techniques and designs being implemented by the weavers in Telangana and to also learn about the initiatives implemented by Telangana State.
The team of officers visited Sircilla, Siddipet and interacted with the weavers of Aadarsha and Siddipet Handloom Weavers Cooperative Societies on the 8th of January. They also studied the type of yarn used by the weavers in the production of Gollabhama and Ramappa Silk Sarees and enquired about their wages.
The officers also visited Sircilla’s Textile Park and Apparel Park, where they studied Rapier Loom and Semi-Automatic Powerloom techniques and interacted with powerloom weavers to learn about the benefits of schemes such as Chenetha Mithra, Nethanna Bheema and Nethannaku Cheyutha.
The team then paid a visit to the Pochampally Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society in the Yadadri District on the 9th of January. Along the way, the team paid a visit to the weavers’ houses in Pochampally village and spoke with the entrepreneurs and weavers who weave ikkat in various styles and patterns in silk and cotton.
The team from Maharashtra praised the Telangana State Government’s initiatives including the 40 percent yarn subsidy, insurance for weavers and Nethannaku Cheyutha. They also said that they would be implementing some of these techniques in Maharashtra.
To discuss the implementation of the various schemes, the team exchanged their views with the Commissioner of Handlooms and Textiles and AEPs, Hyderabad, along with a discussion on their learnings from the visit itself.
The team also appreciated Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and concerned ministers for making the Handlooms and Textiles sector a priority and for their emphasis on innovative schemes and a good T-TAP policy to bring national and international textiles to Telangana, said an official report.
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