Jammu, Aug 23 (KNN) Handicraft products made by local artisan from Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district have been launched on Amazon by the District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal on Monday.

As per reports, products listed on online marketplaces like Amazon and GeM included ‘chikri woodcraft’, which has been practised for over a century with Thana Mandi area of Rajouri being its major centre.

This move by the Jammu and Kashmir administration will help provide market linkage to local artisans.

Speaking at the launch, Kundal said that “The administration is committed to providing the best platform to the artisans of the district where they can sell their products in an easy manner and this is the first move in this direction. Such steps will continue in future as well.”

The district administration has already taken a number of steps to facilitate the artisans, including opening of rural haat at Muradpur.

Cooperative department Rajouri and Handicrafts played a major role in imparting necessary training to the artisans and market exposures, the official said.

The local authorities are also working tirelessly to revive the cooperative societies in the area.  (KNN Bureau)