CHATTOGRAM, May 13: Tailors and designers in the port city are now passing busy time ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims.
Besides, more than 6,000 tailors are now working round the clock at Kholifa Potty area, a hub of tailors.
According to sources, there are more than 12,000 tailoring shops in the city where tailors are making dresses for city dwellers.
Posh tailoring shops have stopped taking orders of new dresses from the first week of Ramadan although customers are crowding there.
Nilufa Akter, a housewife, said, "We have given the orders before Ramadan. Now, we are collecting new dresses from tailoring shops situated at different shopping malls."
Jotsna Begum, another housewife and a schoolteacher, said, "We used to stitch our dresses. So, we give the orders to tailors."
"We have given some orders before Ramadan while we will give some orders now. So, we will take ready dresses until Ramadan ends. As a result, we used to come to tailoring shops almost every day," she added.
Majidul Alam, a businessman, said, "We have given the orders for pants at a tailoring shop here. We will also buy our Punjabis and shirts from shops."
Shahed Selim, owner of Khawaja Tailors and Fabrics, a branded enterprise in the port city, said, "We have stopped taking orders before Ramadan. As we have fixed customers, we are now trying to satisfy our regular customers."
"We are also completing the dresses of some new customers who gave orders before Ramadan," he added.
Sources said Khalifa Potty is a hub of tailors in Chattogram. Posh tailoring shops used to make dresses from the factories located at Khalifa potty.
Around 6,000 tailors are working in the Kholifa Potty area in the port city. They are now working round the clock to meet the orders of valued customers before Eid.
They used to stitch ladies and children dresses. Many of them also make dresses for gents. They used to take orders from many posh tailors and supply dresses as per orders.
Mohammed Maqbul Hossain, a tailor working at Kholifa Potty, said, "Tailors are now very busy here. We are working about 20 hours a day. Even we are taking rest at shops or factories as we have no time to go home during the month of Ramadan."
Abdul Bari, another tailor, said, "As we want to earn more money before Eid, we are working hard day and night. We get pleasure in making dresses for the city dwellers as they will celebrate Eid wearing new dresses."
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