Rangpur Correspondent :
A good number of poor people of different areas under Gangachara upazila in the district have changed their lot by weaving Benarashi sarees as it provides them a way to earn their livelihood.
There are more than 400 handlooms at 100 Benarashi factories in the upazila where about 2,500 workers are busy with manufacturing different varieties of sarees which have huge demands in different areas of the country.
Some weavers of Benarashi factories told The New Nation that earlier they had to suffer much to run their industries due to many problems including lack of raw materials and marketing facilities. But now they have become self reliant as they have been receiving necessary help and training from BSCIC, they said.
Alamin, owner of a factory at Habu Tantipara village under the upazila told The New Nation that he has 15 handlooms. The sarees which they make are sold at different rates between Tk 1,400 to Tk 15,000 according to their qualities.
The creative weavers introduce something new and come up with fashionable varieties of sarees on the eve of various festivals, he also said. They weave yarn and turn them into different qualities and kinds including ‘Nakshi’, ‘Belbuti’ ‘Katan’ ‘Fulkoli’ etc which have high demands in different areas of the country, he added.
Hasanur , a weaver of Talukhabu village under Gangachara upazila in Rangpur district told The New Nation that he had been struggling much to get rid of acute poverty even three years ago.
With the aim to salvage their impoverished family he learned the skill of weaving Benrashi and changed his lot, he said. “We get Tk 600 to Tk 800 for making each sarees. At least 4 to 6 days are required to make a saree depending on design and quality”, some weavers told the New Nation. “Earlier we passed days miserably but now we have changed our economic condition by weaving Benarashi sarees, they added.
A good number of poor people of different areas under Gangachara upazila in the district have changed their lot by weaving Benarashi sarees as it provides them a way to earn their livelihood.
There are more than 400 handlooms at 100 Benarashi factories in the upazila where about 2,500 workers are busy with manufacturing different varieties of sarees which have huge demands in different areas of the country.
Some weavers of Benarashi factories told The New Nation that earlier they had to suffer much to run their industries due to many problems including lack of raw materials and marketing facilities. But now they have become self reliant as they have been receiving necessary help and training from BSCIC, they said.
Alamin, owner of a factory at Habu Tantipara village under the upazila told The New Nation that he has 15 handlooms. The sarees which they make are sold at different rates between Tk 1,400 to Tk 15,000 according to their qualities.
The creative weavers introduce something new and come up with fashionable varieties of sarees on the eve of various festivals, he also said. They weave yarn and turn them into different qualities and kinds including ‘Nakshi’, ‘Belbuti’ ‘Katan’ ‘Fulkoli’ etc which have high demands in different areas of the country, he added.
Hasanur , a weaver of Talukhabu village under Gangachara upazila in Rangpur district told The New Nation that he had been struggling much to get rid of acute poverty even three years ago.
With the aim to salvage their impoverished family he learned the skill of weaving Benrashi and changed his lot, he said. “We get Tk 600 to Tk 800 for making each sarees. At least 4 to 6 days are required to make a saree depending on design and quality”, some weavers told the New Nation. “Earlier we passed days miserably but now we have changed our economic condition by weaving Benarashi sarees, they added.
