‘Govt to support powerlooms’

Steps being taken to modernise looms, says IT Minister K. Taraka Rama Rao

Minister for IT K. Taraka Rama Rao in Sircilla on Tuesday.

The State government has adopted a three-pronged strategy to give a fillip to the textile industry and powerloom weavers of Sircilla textile town in the district, Minister for IT, Handlooms and Municipal Administration K. Taraka Rama Rao said.

The government would procure fabric produced by the weavers on their powerlooms, it would provide yarn and other chemicals on subsidy and also take up marketing of products made by the powerloom weavers, he said speaking after hoisting the national flag on the occasion of 71st Independence day celebrations in Sircilla town on Tuesday.

Increase wages

The State government was taking measures to increase the wages of the weavers and accordingly providing them orders for the production of school uniforms, KCR Kits and Bathukamma sarees, among others. He said that they were also taking measures for the modernization of the existing looms to produce value added fabric to meet the demand in the market.

He said that they had proposed an Apparel Park on 60 acres of land on the Sardapur village on the outskirts of the town to provide employment to over 6,000 womenfolk in the garment industry. He also said that the Rajanna-Sircilla district was first district in the Telangana state to be open defecation free (ODF).

Fighting drought

Listing out various welfare and developmental programmes, the Minister said that the government was according priority for providing irrigation sources in the uplands by lifting waters from MMD, Sripada Yellampalli, and Kaleshwaram projects and remove drought permanently from the district.

He said that the completion of ongoing Kothapalli-Manoharabad railway line would transform the Rajanna-Sircilla district with rail connectivity and increase of pilgrims rush to the Vemulawada and other temple shrines in the district.

Vemulawada legislator Ch. Ramesh Babu, ZP chairperson Tula Uma, Collector D. Krishna Bhaskar, Superintendent of Police Viswajit Kampati and others were present.