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Special Handloom Expo-2022 Inaugurated In Odisha Capital

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: The Special Handloom Expo-2022 was inaugurated at Ekamra Haat in Bhubaneswar on Sunday showcasing a wide variety of hand-woven products.

The Special Expo is being organised by Sambalpuri Bastralaya on the occasion of Handloom Special under POHI-2022-23 funds to boost up the sales and provide regular employment to the weaver members of PWCS/SHGs.

The Special Expo was inaugurated by Principal Secretary, Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts department Arabinda Kumar Padhee. In the inaugural function, Director of Textiles and Handlooms, Odisha Shovan Krishna Sahoo, Special Secretary, HT&H Department Saroj Patel and managing director, Sambalpuri Bastralaya, Bargarh Sisir Kumar Nag including president Sambit Acharya were present.

The Special Handloom Expo will continue up to December 14, 2022. Around 34 stalls have been erected in which exclusive women SHGs and PWCS of Bargarh, Cuttack, Sonepur, Athagarh, Baripada, Khurda, Nayagarh, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Koraput and Boudh Zone including Sambalpuri Bastralaya will showcase and sale their products, the official communiqué further expressed.

The stalls were allotted to the participants free of cost. There are 571 weavers/organisation and 876 nos of handicrafts artisans were participated in the fair being jointly organised by the Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts department, Information Officer Jyotirmati Samantaray said.

Prospective customers will get handloom products from all over the State at reasonable prices with 10%+20% government rebate. Buyers are requested to avail the opportunity, Samantaray added.

OB Bureau

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