Traders of Tangail are upset due to poor sale of traditional handloom saris in the district ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Different qualities of saris including cotton, jute cotton, jal cotton, banarasi, jamdani, katan, silk, half silk, soft silk, gas silk, dotari silk, jute silk, khaddar, baluchuri, tosor are being weaved in Tangail district.
This correspondent found very few buyers at the traditional sari markets at Karatia in Tangail Sadar upzaila and Jokarchar in Kalihati upazila few days ago. "Although saris worth about Tk 4 to Tk 5 crore are sold in Tangail every week ahead of the Eid and Puja, this time it has come down to two-third," said Farid Miah, a sari trader at Karatia market.
The weavers produce beautiful saris with various colors as the demand rises especially, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja. The well-known sari producing spots include Dhulutia, Bazitpur, Suruj, Bartha, Bamonkushia, Gosaijoir, Taratia, Enayetpur, Belta, Gorasin, Santosh and Kagmari in Sadar upazila, Pathrail, Chandi, Nalua, Deojan, Nolshodha, Bishnupur, Mongolhor in Delduar, Balla, Rampur, Chhatihati, Aishjora, Ratanganj, and Kokdohora in Kalihati upazila. They produce ordinary handloom saris as well as expensive ones, keeping in view the demands of people from all classes. The prices range from Tk 300 to Tk 10,000 or more.
Mominur Rahman, owner of a big handloom factory at Dhulutia in Delduar upazila, who sells his saris at different markets in the district, he said that the sale of Tangail sari gradually fell in the last few years due to availability of cheap low quality Indian saris at local markets.
"Besides, large quantities of saris are being produced in power looms, causing problem for handloom sari producers. On the other hand, many women in the country now prefer dresses other than sari," he said. Local weavers are also facing problems due to increase in prices of yarn and dye, he added.
-AA Correspondent, Tangail
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