Weaving industries facing closure in B'baria
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Our Correspondent
BRAHMANBARIA, Nov 30: The age-old traditional weaving units in Bancharampur and Nabinagar Upazila of the district are now on the verge of closure due to price hike of cotton, yarn, shuttle, reel, strain, lack of sufficient capital, unstable market situation and smuggling of Indian textiles.
The weaver's profit has gradually been minimized due to continuous hike of prices of raw materials. They have to face competition with the smuggled Indian fabrics also, as these items are sold in the locality at low prices.
One of the craftswomen told the Financial Express that now a days they can earn only Tk 700 to 800 by weaving gamchas from 24 bundles of yarn, whereas they could earn Tk 1400 to 1600 previously.
As a result, the weavers can hardly maintain the minimum daily expenses of their families with the meager income. Most of them have abandoned their occupation and engaged themselves in other professions for survival.
Sources said, some 70 percent of the local weaving units have so far been closed, leaving nearly 18000 weavers and associated workers unemployed.
The locals said that the concerning authorities can still revive the weaving industry by disbursing easy and interest free loans among the marginal weavers, ensuring yarn supply at fair prices to them, and preventing smuggling of Indian fabrics into the country.
BRAHMANBARIA, Nov 30: The age-old traditional weaving units in Bancharampur and Nabinagar Upazila of the district are now on the verge of closure due to price hike of cotton, yarn, shuttle, reel, strain, lack of sufficient capital, unstable market situation and smuggling of Indian textiles.
The weaver's profit has gradually been minimized due to continuous hike of prices of raw materials. They have to face competition with the smuggled Indian fabrics also, as these items are sold in the locality at low prices.
One of the craftswomen told the Financial Express that now a days they can earn only Tk 700 to 800 by weaving gamchas from 24 bundles of yarn, whereas they could earn Tk 1400 to 1600 previously.
As a result, the weavers can hardly maintain the minimum daily expenses of their families with the meager income. Most of them have abandoned their occupation and engaged themselves in other professions for survival.
Sources said, some 70 percent of the local weaving units have so far been closed, leaving nearly 18000 weavers and associated workers unemployed.
The locals said that the concerning authorities can still revive the weaving industry by disbursing easy and interest free loans among the marginal weavers, ensuring yarn supply at fair prices to them, and preventing smuggling of Indian fabrics into the country.