Textiles Min to start programme for value addition of dehaired pashmina in Leh
Updated: Oct 09, 2014 12:31:57pm
New Delhi, Oct 9 (KNN) The Textiles Ministry is planning to introduce a programme for value addition of dehaired Pashmina in Leh in consultation with the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Textiles, Santosh Kumar Gangwar who yesterday launched the Pashmina Promotion Programme (P-3) and laid the foundation stone of Pashmina Dehairing Plant at Pashmina Dehairing Plant Complex in Skalzangling, Leh, according to an official release.
Assuring that the Ministry would give priority to Ladakh region being a border state, he said they would make all efforts to implement the programme successfully in a time bound manner and increase Pashmina wool production to 65 tonnes by the 12th Five Year Plan.
Under Pashmina Promotion Programme, a major provision has been made for establishment of latest technology imported Pashmina Dehairing Plant at Leh with total financial allocation of Rs 19.35 crore including other machineries like scouring, drying, and boiler along with construction of building for installation of these machineries at Leh.
Significantly, the existing Deharing Plant has obsolete Chinese dehairing machine and is not sufficient to de-hair 45 tonnes of Pashmina wool produced here and with present capacity it can only de-hair upto five tonnes pashmina.
Ladakh region produces the finest Pashmina wool (specialty fiber) in the world, which has high demand globally. The region grows about 45 tonnes of Pashmina wool every year having a population of about 2.50 lakh Pashmina goats. (KNN/ES)
This was stated by the Minister of State for Textiles, Santosh Kumar Gangwar who yesterday launched the Pashmina Promotion Programme (P-3) and laid the foundation stone of Pashmina Dehairing Plant at Pashmina Dehairing Plant Complex in Skalzangling, Leh, according to an official release.
Assuring that the Ministry would give priority to Ladakh region being a border state, he said they would make all efforts to implement the programme successfully in a time bound manner and increase Pashmina wool production to 65 tonnes by the 12th Five Year Plan.
Under Pashmina Promotion Programme, a major provision has been made for establishment of latest technology imported Pashmina Dehairing Plant at Leh with total financial allocation of Rs 19.35 crore including other machineries like scouring, drying, and boiler along with construction of building for installation of these machineries at Leh.
Significantly, the existing Deharing Plant has obsolete Chinese dehairing machine and is not sufficient to de-hair 45 tonnes of Pashmina wool produced here and with present capacity it can only de-hair upto five tonnes pashmina.
Ladakh region produces the finest Pashmina wool (specialty fiber) in the world, which has high demand globally. The region grows about 45 tonnes of Pashmina wool every year having a population of about 2.50 lakh Pashmina goats. (KNN/ES)
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