News Tags

Related Keywords: fancy cotton bags, hand embroidery, innovative products and designs, mural paintings, National Handloom expo in Kozhikode, sarees embellished with fabric, weavers cooperative societies, weavers of Kerala state

Both major and minor weavers of Kerala state are forced to improvise products to attract customers as they face stiff competition from other states. This was observed at the ongoing National Handloom Expo 2015 which began at Marine Ground in Kozhikode on Saturday.

Earlier, weavers from the State had nothing much to offer than the traditional mundu, set mundu, towels, bed sheets, and shirting materials. Now, they have come up with innovative products and designs to capture the interest of the customers.

Related Keywords: expo-cum-sale, handloom, machinery, powerloom, quality, silk weavers, special ‘aadi’, Tamil Nadu state, Weavers, weavers cooperative societies

The Tamil Nadu state has nearly 2.69 lakh weavers, the government keen on welfare of weavers has planned to provide machineries to improve the proficiency of weavers and raise the quality of their products.
 
State minister for handloom and textiles S Gokula Indira on Tuesday after inaugurating the special ‘aadi’ in Madurai said that this year the government is keen on distributing 25,000 pirn winding machines and 2,500 pneumatic lifting machines to weavers. The machines would go a long way in improving the working conditions of the weavers.