chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

ministry of textiles
= Yarn worth Rs 65 lakhs supplied – 13
cycles completed – 1000 weavers
were benefited
TRICHY (Tamil Nadu) :
Woraiyur, a part of present day
Tiruchirappalli, has been the capital city of
Cholas since 300 B.C. Pure silk varieties
with good amount of ornamentation were
used for dressing the kings, their kin and
the rich in the Jayankondam area, situated
about 95 Kms from Trichy. The main
product of the cluster is Woraiyur Cotton
Sarees, Dhotis, and Voile Fabric. About
70% of the production is that of sarees
in various counts namely 60s, 80s, 100s,
120s, 2/120s. The yearly production of
these cotton sarees are 3 lakhs pieces
which is 5% of the Tamil Nadu’s handloom
saree production. The handloom products
are manufactured in and around Trichy
in various locations namely Manamedu,
Musiri, Thathingarpet, Mettupalayam,
Trichy, Poovalur, Thuraiyur, Kottathur and
Paithampari areas.
Highlights
= Created awareness among 2700
weavers & SHG members through 11
awareness meetings. The weavers
were explained about the objects
of the IHCDP and voiced their
problems.
= 56 SHGs formed so far (16 by us
and 40 by the NGO), 4 SHGs got
Rs. 60,000/- each as RF loan and 2
SHGs got Rs. 3 lakhs
= 232 SHG women weavers of
Manamedu, Trichy and Poovalur
areas trained in eight batches on
Hand Embroidery for value additions
on fabrics
= 590 weavers trained in Handloom
Jacquard Saree Weaving, Hand
Embroidery Training, Pure Silk
Handloom Weaving and Garments
and Made ups manufacturing.
= 150 handloom weavers switched over
from cotton saree / voile weving to
pure silk weaving to pure silk weaving
and their earnings improved to the
range of Rs. 3000/- - 5000/- from a
mere Rs. 1000 – 1500/- range.
= 50 handloom weavers switched over
from cotton saree / voile weaving to
cotton dhothy weaving and earnings
improved to the range of Rs. 2000 –
3000/- from a mere Rs. 1000 – 1500/-
range.
= Rs. 39 lakhs worth goods sold (Rs.
5 lakhs to exporters, Rs. 1.5 lakhs
to handloom house, Rs. 30 lakhs
to local supplies Rs. 3.5 lakhs retail
sales)
= Rs. 300 lakhs worth sarees supplied
to Co-op Tex since the beginning of
the programme.
= Rs. 300.58 lakhs (60 cycles) worth
raw material cotton yarn supplied
to societies and other stakeholders
through the Cluster Yarn Sales
Depot.
= Manamedu Handloom Tex
Consortium Producer Company Ltd
is registered under companies Act,
1956 for executing the Project of
Dye House in the cluster. 2 acres of
land purchased by the company and
got registered. One more land of 70
cents purchased and registered for
Dye House.
= About 700 weavers / weaver
family members / SHG members /
Master weavers trained in various
activities (160 in weaving + 245 in
Hand Embroidery + 230 in Power
Machine Sewing + 30 in Designing
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