"sircilla-weavers"

BRS working president KT Rama Rao strongly criticised the Congress government during a party workers’ meeting in Sircilla, citing a urea shortage and unfulfilled poll promises. He accused Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of focusing on rhetoric rather than action and claimed the current regime was targeting citizens with false cases.

As the nation observed National Handloom Day, thousands of Telangana’s weavers had little to celebrate. The State’s once-thriving handloom industry is now reeling from broken promises, debt, and dwindling support. The shelving of key institutions and stalled cooperative society elections have further deepened the crisis.

Loans borrowed for various needs are being cited as the main reasons for almost all the suicides so far. Unable to clear debts, weavers are taking the extreme step

Weavers, especially those in Sircilla, who were in a deep financial crisis with several weavers even ending their lives, had seen their misery deepening further with the Congress government here failing to place the annual Bathukamma sarees order

Reaching out to the family of Bairi Amar and Shravati, a weaver couple from Venkampet village who tragically ended their lives in a suicide pact on Saturday, he pointed out that the couple was among the 34 weavers who died by suicide in the State during the last 11 months of Congress rule.

Thousands of weaver families were forced onto the roads due to lack of employment following denial of Bathukamma saree orders, he said

With recent restrictions on power supply to powerloom units, weavers are not able to accept all the orders coming their way, with most of them accepting only about 10 to 15 percent orders.

Condemns government's decision to refrain from placing orders for Bathukamma sarees, which he argued directly affected livelihood of weaving community

Urges the State government to reconsider its decision and resume distribution of Bathukamma sarees

The 47-year-old was was facing financial issues as there was no work for the last six months

Bandi Sanjay Kumar, the BJP national general secretary and Karimnagar MP, has called upon Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to promptly settle outstanding bills amounting to Rs. 270 crore related to Bathukamma sarees.

After operating looms for one week, they again stalled work as the assurance remained on paper.

The State government placed an order of Rs.350 crore to weave 95.5 lakh Bathukamma sarees to Sircilla weavers

Jagtial: Sircilla weavers had set a record by weaving a saree that could fit into a matchbox. Getting inspired by them, a micro artist from the district created a ‘Chata’ (a rice cleaner made from bamboo) and small baskets that would fit into a matchbox. U Narsaiah from Bhupathipur of Raikal mandal, made these micro […]

He came up with several schemes for the welfare of the weavers community after State formation, said Gangula

The 31-year-old Sircilla-based weaver and an ardent follower of the Chief Minister toiled for about 20 days to create the machine.

In a bid to provide continuous employment and ensure better incomes, orders for Bathukamma sarees are being given to Sircilla weavers for the last few years