TAMULPUR: Special Handloom and Textile Expo-2019 are underway at Tamulpur.

It has been organized by BRAWFED in collaboration with the Indian Handloom and Textile Development Commission from November 25 in the district of Baksa.  In this special expo organized by BRAWFED, 40 stalls from Hariyana, Panjab, Jammu, and Kashmir and Assam, including the four districts of Bodoland Territorial Area District area, have participated.

A local stall from Tamulpur, Bolkol, attracted customers for its theme on cleanliness. Bolkol gifted one tree to every customer to make people aware of global warming. CAO Purabi Das told media persons that weavers of Assam, as well as the Northeast, had been facing problems to sell their handloom products. Bolkol was trying to provide a market to the weavers by selling handloom products through the website bolkol.com. Sale of more than Rs 1 crore is expected by Mridul Baishya, Technical Instructor of BRAWFED, in the expo.

Published On : 07-11-2019

Source : Sentinel Assam