1000 artisans from 8 craft villages to join ‘Linking Textile with Tourism’ initiative

New Delhi, July 29 (KNN) Under the “Linking Textile with tourism” initiative eight Craft Villages have been selected for an overall development.

Approximately 1000 artisans will be benefitted directly across the country through this programme.

To promote crafts and tourism at a single location major tourist places are being linked with handicrafts cluster and Infrastructure supports combined with soft interventions.

The eight Craft Villages are located at Raghurajpur (Odisha), Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Vadaj (Gujarat), Naini (Uttar Pradesh), Anegundi (Karnataka), Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu), Taj Ganj (Uttar Pradesh) and Amer (Rajasthan).

Protecting India’s rich artisanal heritage the Craft Village will develop handicrafts as a sustainable and remunerative livelihood option for artisans in the clusters.

It has also increased the tourist inflow across these Craft Villages. (KNN Bureau)