‘We’ve suffered owing to reduced demand in the wake of the lockdown’
Weavers associations have demanded relief from the government for individual weavers who they say have suffered due to reduced demand in the wake of the COVID-19-induced lockdown and a sudden rise in input prices.
The lockdown reduced their business to near zero, due to the restriction on movement of workers and the ban on events such as marriages.
Demand did not pick up after the restrictions were eased to earlier levels.
Now, in 2021, prices of yarn and other raw material have gone up by 50-60 per cent, they say.