RAJANNA SIRCILLA: No more ‘Surat saris’; only cotton clothes produced by Telangana weavers. This is the new slogan of the State Government. Apparently, Telangana Government has learnt ‘Bathukamma lessons’ and now have taken all precautions to avoid untoward incidents, like the ones that took place during Bathukamma last year.
The state is giving the required time needed to the weavers for manufacturing Bathukamma sarees this year so that they can produce enough quantity in time.
The state has given the total order of manufacturing ‘Bathukamma saris’ to the weavers of Telangana State only this time and the production will provide employment for six months for nearly 25,000 weavers families directly and employment will be given for another 10,000 workers directly and 10,000 workers indirectly.
Last year, the state government had purchased some sarees from the traders of Surat, Gujarat and distributed them as Bathukamma saris.
