Minister directs BSCIC to cancel jamdani plots given to non-weavers
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu yesterday directed Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation or BSCIC to cancel any plot given to non-weavers at Jamdani Industrial City in Narayanganj.
Amu instructed the BSCIC to ensure proper allocation of plots among real weavers. Also, many recipients have rented out their plots to others.
The BSCIC must be firm on the plot allocation, he said. “No excuse will be acceptable.”
The minister spoke as the chief guest at the inauguration of a 10-day jamdani fair co-organised by the BSCIC and National Museum on the museum premises in Dhaka.
A total of 409 industrial plots were developed on 20 acres in Tarabo in Rupganj of Narayanganj district, especially for jamdani weavers. The project cost Tk 5.86 crore.
Of those, 399 plots were already allocated and 363 jamdani industrial units have been set up.
Amu stressed improving skills of the entrepreneurs and weavers to tap the sector's potential.
He advised the BSCIC to be more vigilant in ensuring establishment of jamdani industrial units in all the allocated plots.
The training centre at the industrial city is yet to be fully operational, said BSCIC Chairman Ahmed Hossain Khan.
Some 38 entrepreneurs and weavers are displaying their jamdani products, including saris and panjabis. Prices range between Tk 3,500 and Tk 90,000 per sari.
Md Anwar Hossain, owner of Anwar Jamdani Weaving Factory, said he sold three saris and five panjabis at the fair yesterday. The prices of saris ranged from Tk 4,500 to Tk 50,000, said Hossain, owner of two factories in the industrial city.
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