chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

annual report 2011-12
+ 20 in Management + 20 in Export
Procedures + 15 in dyeing + 2 in
Naturl dyeing ).
= 966 weavers were issued Reed
and Heald sets for improving the
quality of the fabrics they weave in
handlooms.
= 37 Aspee sprayers provided to street
warp sizer.
= So far total of 425 paper / cloth
designs developed. 295 cloth
samples developed. 12 of them have
gone for commercial production
= Four banker’s meeting conducted
with NABARD, Indian Overses Bank,
Central Co-operative bank, Canara
Bank for credit linkage for working
capital.
= Dyeing Workshop conducted for the
dyers of Trichy Handloom Cluster
resulting in optimum use of dyes and
chemicals and improved quality of
dyeing and colour fastness.
= Trichy Cluster participated in 23
International Trade Fairs and Buyer
Seller Meets (in Delhi, Mumbai
and Banglore) and about 15 local
exhibitions.
= Six exposure visits to Kerala clusters,
New Delhi Texstyles India Trade Fair,
Madhavaram, Gadag and Santipur
clusters for convincing and pursuing
the stakeholders of the developments
taking place elsewhere and to try it in
Trichy cluster.
= 13 handlooms were modernized
with 5 wheel take up motions for
improving the Quality productivity of
the silk weaving. More to follow in
the coming days
= Warp lengths in the cluster is
increased from 30 yards to 44 yards
to improve the productivity of the
weavers
= Rs. 1.0 lakh worth goods exported
by the Consortium through another
exporter to France buyer.
= Pollution Control Board granted
permission for establishing the Dye
House of 300 kg capacity with Effluent
Treatment Plant.
= 100 Numbers of Eclectic Pirn cum
Bobbin winder is kept ready to supply
to the handloom weavers, but it will
be supplied after assembly election
of Tamil Nadu.
SHANTIPUR (Nadia, West Bengal) :
Phulia is one of the locations in Shantipur
Block, where Shantipur (U) is the other
location with local weaver concentration.
Shantipur is 90 Kms away from Kolkata
and is well connected by both train and
road services. The weaving activity was
initiated in 1409 during the regime of
Gaur Ganesh Danu Mardhandev. Saree
weaving was practiced from 1683 to 1694
i.e. during the reign of Nadia king Rudra
Roy. The production got systematized and
was well organized leading to noticeable
recognition during Mughal empire.
Sarees were exported to Afganistan, Iran,
Arabia, Greece & Turkey. The healthy
trend continued till the early twentieth
century. Women undertake preparatory
work like separation of hanks, sizing
and pirn winding. All the weavers have
good weaving skills for weaving saree on
Jacquard looms.
Highlights
= A design studio has been established
for design development by installing
Computer Aided Textiles Designing
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