The Telangana government is planning to provide timely help and financial assistance to weavers and workers in the handloom sector. The aim is to empower the weavers’ community and help them attain self-sufficiency in a couple of years.

Telangana has decided to waive loans of power loom weavers to the tune of Rs 5 crores. Due to insufficient earnings and fluctuations in the market, power loom weavers have become defaulters to banks. The government is planning to offer requisite training to handloom workers and weavers to polish their professional skills. A plan to offer them training is on the cards to ensure that the products are sold online.

Telangana has some of the famous handloom centers in the country. Efforts are on to modernise power loom and handloom centers in the state. The state is working on the idea of helping weavers export their handloom products. The Centre has been requested to establish mega power loom clusters.

In Sircilla there are 36,000 power looms and over 50,000 weavers. Sircilla in Karimnagar district once competed with top textile centers in the country such as Solapur and Surat. A few months back power loom weavers of Sircilla went on a strike demanding an increase in wages.