State Minister promises a Mega Textile Park for Karkala, Karnataka

Bengaluru, 1 Jan (KNN) Shankar Basanagouda Patil Munenakoppa the state minister of textiles announced on Friday that a Textile Park will be built on 20 acres of land in Karkala, Karnataka.

Government will implement schemes helpful to weavers in the park,” informed the minister after listening to the grievances of weavers from Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts in the meeting convened at Udupi Weavers Primary Co-operative Society in Udupi, as published in Deccan Herald. 

The Minister has also submitted a request to the Centre on setting up the ‘mega textile park’ in the state.

“There was a huge demand for Udupi handloom and sarees. The weavers here have succeeded in meeting only 20% of demand,” added the Minister. 

The minister emphasised skill development programmes while observing that the youth were totally disillusioned with the art of weaving.

Shankar said the government is providing many incentives to weavers across the state.

He promised to meet the chief minister in order to discuss launching skill development programmes for young weavers. He also emphasised the need to financially empower weavers so that youth find it profitable.