CITU stages protest against weavers being rendered jobless

Members of CITU on Thursday staged a protest at the Collectorate here against the State Government for not taking action to help the weavers produce new varieties of free sarees and dhotis.

Addressing the protesters, Dindigul MP N. Sanchithanantham said the production of sarees was abruptly stopped after the government announced changes in the varieties of sarees and dhoties and the weavers in Rajapalayam and Srivilliputtur regions had been rendered jobless for the past four months.

“Every weaver has to spend at least ₹1,000 to make changes in their looms to suit the new variety of sarees to be produced,” he said.

Each weaver would be able to weave only two sarees of the new variety in a day. The present wage was fixed several years ago and it was grossly inadequate considering the present day inflation, the MP said.