- Alternative marketing channel developed through State
Apex, Handloom House & CCIC. Retail sales also increased through
participation in different Expos & Exhibitions by SHG based weavers.
- Setting up of Common Facility Centre (CFC) & Dye
House equipped with modern machineries will improve the colour fastness,
brightness and also reduce their cost of dyeing which in turn will help in
producing qualitative products by cluster weavers.
Function and activities of Weavers Service Centre (WSC)
The weavers are facilitated with campus training whenever
required where they are given the most up-to-date information of dyeing
techniques and weaving. Apart from that they also organize exhibitions,
seminars, and workshops, spotlighting novel and superior designs, equipments
and dispensation method. They support in executing various government schemes
in handloom sector and also provide assistance and communication with State
Government handloom agencies.
Activities of N.H.D.C
NHDC Ltd was set up in the year 1983 with the aim to accommodate
raw materials like normal class of yarn, dyes and chemicals to the weavers
under schemes provided by the Government of India from time to time. The
Corporation's motive is to regulate the yarn supply, so that the raw material
is available to the weavers/traders/PWCS/mater weavers at reasonable price and
standard quality is maintained. Presently the corporation is extending
co-operation to the individual weavers/PWCS/ master weavers/ traders by
providing them hank yarn under Mill Gate Price Scheme of Ministry of Textiles, Government
of India. Also six yarn depot is running through different PWCS in the Burdwan
cluster for last four years.
Dissatisfaction of the weavers
- Weavers hold responsible the cold market situations in
comparison to which they have very low wages.
- Powerlooms are overshadowing handloom products which
have left them with no other option than to shift to some other work.
- Government support is required to strengthen the
marketing of Handlooms.
- Government should make efforts for better working
conditions of weavers.
Conclusion
Apart from these viable actions, growth effort for handlooms
is being done by the way of Eco-friendly dyeing and processing, distributing appropriate
Technology Exhibition, referential Programmes on H.R.D., organizing the Silk
Exhibition, Laboratory Training programme for dyers are also being carried out
for development of the cluster. Enlightening about the satisfaction of the
Weavers Mr. Bandhopadhyaya says that the weavers are satisfied since confidence
level has increased by creating new product range besides the existing products
of the cluster, Market linkage programme has increased the volume of buyers, Linkages
with support institution have increased better services, Infrastructural
facility (CFC & dye house) will improve the market of traditional cluster
based products, etc. For more details visit: http://www.fibre2fashion.com/indianhandsnlooms/burdwan.asp
Reference
http://www.indianhandloomscluster-dchl.net/Burdwan/index.asp
