CM Bommai instructs officials to set up mini textile parks in 25 taluks

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday instructed officials to establish mini textile parks in 25 taluks which have more concentration of weavers, in the coming days.

Speaking after launching DBT for the handloom and powerloom weavers/workers under the Nekar Sanman, he said the mini textile parks will help weavers, starting from processing cotton to manufacturing readymade garments.

“I have close links with weavers individually and saw their problems from near. The weavers must focus on the quality of products and come forward for exports. The market must be extended through the digital forum and for this, the Department of Handlooms and Textile will extend full support. Steps are being taken to enter into agreements with Amazon, Flipkart, and other online forums”, he said.

“Till now, the assistance was only for handloom weavers, but now it has been extended to powerloom weavers and workers after understanding their travails. It’s the Sankranti gift for the weavers. When B SYediyurappa was the chief minister, he responded to the problems of weavers. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he took bold decisions such as loan waiver and the Nekar Sanman scheme. The incumbent government is also helping them in a big way. Demands of those legislators in whose constituencies there is a big concentration of the weavers’ population is fulfilled immediately”.

On the occasion, he interacted with the weavers of Bengaluru Rural, Urban, Tumkur, Belagavi, and Bagalkot.
Textiles and Sugar Minister Shankarpatil Munenkoppa, Handloom Development Corporation chairman Siddu Savadi, MLAs Mahadevappa, Shivalingappa Yadwad, M D Lakshminarayana and others were present.