Tiruppur, July 19 (KNN) Tiruppur administration has warned powerloom units in the districts against manufacturing of the 11 products reserved for handlooms.

The district administration has warned the units of registration of police cases if they violated the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985.

As per reports, Inspections will be carried out by Flying Squads of Handlooms Department to prevent powerloom units from manufacturing the 11 products reserved for handlooms.

These include silk-bordered sari/ dhoti, towel, gamcha and angavastram, lungi, blanket, bedspread, jamakkalam durry, dress material, shawl, muffler, pankhi, woolen tweed, chaddar and mekhala.

District Collector T. Christuraj in a press release advised handloom workers to register themselves with the nearest cooperative societies to secure more employment opportunities and wages.

This will also allow handloom workers to benefit from the welfare schemes such as old age pension, family pension, free housing scheme, free power scheme, Prime Minister Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, and Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana, he added.  (KNN Bureau)