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Alliance partners of the DMK, including the Congress, MDMK, and other social activists, will be blocking the mineral-laden trucks bound from Tenkasi to Kerala from May 16.Tenkasi Green Forum (TGF), a group of environmentalists, have also raised . ....
Erode powerloom weavers stuck following 2nd Covid-19 wave By IANS | 1 Views School students in Bihar to wear uniforms made by Bhagalpur weavers. Image Source: IANS News Chennai, April 20 : The powerloom weavers of Erode in Tamil Nadu are stuck following the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic after the industry was slowly coming up after last year s lockdown . Erode district has more than 25,000 powerloom units spread across Veerappanchatram, Chithode and Lakkapuram and employing roughly around 1 lakh people. Twnety-four lakh metres of fabric is manufactured from these powerlooms per day. Selvaraj Babu, a powerloom owner from Erode, told IANS: There are no fresh orders from our regular clients in Gujarat, Hyderabad, Rajasthan and New Delhi as the second wave of the pandemic is hitting these states and all the businesses are dried up. We were slowly coming up after the 2020 lockdown and was planning to move ahead with this year s business ....