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WB: Handloom Weavers Transforming Into Migrant Workers as the Art Faces Extinction in Shantipur -Sandip Chakraborty

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Weavers' cooperatives struggling due to lack of orders from two state govt. owned retailing units along with other factors

Kolkata:  The famous   “khat-khat- khat “  sound that comes from a traditional handloom weavers hut is becoming fainter in Shantipur of Nadia district about 100 kilometres from the state Capital of Kolkata. Shantipur is known for its weaving skills and traditional weavers producing Shantipur sarees which are high in demand in the country for their unmatched weaving pattern and quality.

Nadia district is home to about two lakh weavers (about 40% of them from Scheduled Castes) and the weavers' community- especially the traditional weavers' community, is now on the verge of extinction as weavers en bloc are now dismantling their looms and are transforming themselves into migrant workers, looking for work in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and Karnataka, according to Soumen Mahato of Nadia district’s Tant Shramik Union.

Everywhere in every profession, there has been an increment in wages in the last ten years except in the weaving industry where in the last ten years the daily wage rate has dropped from Rs. 160- Rs. 70- Rs. 60. In one day, a handloom worker after working for more than 12 to 14 hours at a stretch can produce one saree, and that effectively puts the prevailing daily wage at Rs. 60 to Rs 70. per day.

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