Withdraw decision to build PWD quarter: Handloom Promotion Council
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 13 2021:
The Handloom Promotion Council, Manipur has called on the State Government to immediately revoke decision to construct quarter for PWD at the site proposed for development of fair and market for handicraft, handloom and Khadi products.
The Handloom Promotion Council, Manipur, in a statement said that it was really saddening to learn of the decision of the State Government which at many platforms pledged to support and promote handloom and handicraft.
The move to build a quarter will be akin to destroying the State's handloom and handicraft, the council said while expressing that the said quarter can be constructed somewhere else.
The construction of the site for fair and sale of handloom, handicraft and Khadi products at such a strategic point will not only boost economic condition of the craftsmen and weavers but also for the State, the council said.
The Handloom Promotion Council, Manipur will approach the Prime Minister if the State Government fails to consider the plight of the craftsmen and weavers and fails to develop the site for promotion of handloom, handicraft and khadi, it continued.