Sircilla’s dyeing industry is in crisis as cotton weaving declines, forcing 270 of 300 units to shut. Once employing 5,000 workers, the sector now sustains barely 1,000. Weavers seek state support to revive the struggling allied textile industry.
After receiving no response from the state government despite staging a hunger strike for the last ten days, weavers protested to express their anger over the neglect of their problems.
