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Tk 175cr plan to revive handloom industry

BSS, Dhaka
Brighter days are ahead for the country's weavers, whose looms remained inoperative for long, as tire government has taken a 11 175 crore inclusive plan to revive their looms to regain the century-old glory of handloom, Bangladesh Handloom Board sources said.
About 1. 83 lakh families involved directly or indirectly in the handloom industry would benefit enormously from the six-year (2009-2014) loom credit scheme.
Under the scheme, loans will be distributed among the weavers into four categories — Tk 18,000 for Jamdani and Benarasi looms, Tk 13.000 for semi-automatic looms, Tk 12,000 for frame looms and Tk
10,000 for pit looms.
The funds would be channelled through the revenue budget, instead of projects, so that die weavers can get necessary loans on urgent basis to repair their looms, Handloom Board chairman Mustafa Kamal Haider told die news agency.
I Ie also pointed out that die board has recently taken varied steps to modernise the industry.
As part of modernisation process, he said, an institution namely Bangladesh Loom Education and Training Institute was set up in Narsingdi last month. It will offer two-year certificate course to those who completed HSC vocational education, a programme under the Technical Education
Board.
"We have also a plan to turn the training institute into a full-fledged university with a four-year diploma course in line with the commitment of jute and textiles minister," said Haider.
Process is also underway to introduce a fashion design institute in the city's Mirpur area and in Sirajganj district, apart from training centres at Kushtia and Tangail, considered as loom-incentive areas, he added.
A project involving Tk seven crore has been taken to set up display-cum-sales centres in Sylhet and Rangpur districts. The one-year project will also have a training centre.
Earlier, potential weavers . were given 90 plots but they
could not start stetting up sheds yet due to lack of financial assistance. Considering the issue, the government will now set up sheds at a cost ofTk 6.5 crore to augment their production.
Three new service centres will bese up at loom-incentive districts --Pabna, Sirajganj and Tangail where 500-colour combination will be introduced, instead of existing traditional seven to eight colours along side increasing in yarn quality, designing and merchandising.
According to a handloom census, there are 5.05 lakh looms in 1.83 lakh units throughout the country. Of them, 3.13 lakh looms remain operative while as many as 1.92 lakk are out of order.