The Weavers of Patwa Toli - And their IITian Kids ‘I will continuously move this handloom mill until my death’
GAYA: “Mask ki zaroorat nhi hoti to hamara mill khatam ho jata” – If masks weren’t needed now our mill would have been destroyed, says Jitendra Prasad Patwa, who heads the Patwa Samaj or Weavers Union in Patwa Toli, Bihar.
As the looms of Gaya district fell silent last March when New Delhi imposed a nationwide lockdown, the owners of the handlooms and power looms here were in a grim mood.
Chedan Babu, who has 11 handlooms in his factory along with powerlooms, says there are no skilled workers available to work the handloom machines.