Centre tells IT-BHU to give technical help to Bhadohi’s carpet industry
Varanasi |November 19 IST
The carpet industry of Bhadohi district is in for a revamp as the Union government has asked Banaras Hindu University’s Institute of Technology (IT-BHU) to provide the artisans with technical assistance.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), which had recognised seven Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) clusters in the 11th plan, has identified Bhadohi’s carpet industry as the eighth cluster under its Technology Information Forecasting and Assesment Council (TIFAC) facility.
A detailed survey of the carpet belt will be conducted by Dr P K Mishra and Dr Pradip Srivastava, coordinators of the DST’s Techno Entrepreneur Promotional Programme outreach centre at IT-BHU.
The duo has been given six months to survey the SMEs in the belt, determine their technological and financial requirements and suggest home-grown technology for the trade. The experts told The Indian Express on Monday that they have selected 125 SME units in the carpet belt for the study. These units are involved in weaving and colouring carpets.
As part of the study, the team will also test the quality of underground and surface water for arsenic, cadmium and chromium pollution. This kind of pollution is caused by chemical dyeing and washing of carpets. The report will be sent to the DST for necessary action by the Planning Commission.
“Child labour and low production of eco-friendly carpets are the two prime problems which have marred the export potential of the Bhadohi carpet industry,” said the experts
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