Textile manufacturing village in Hanwella

by Irangika Range

The Small and Rural Industries Ministry has set up a textile products manufacturing village at Kahahena, Hanwella as part of the Guru Pehayen Ran Pehayata a program to develop 1000 industrial villages in the country. The total investment of the project is Rs. 2.5 million.

Deputy Minister Sunil Hadunnetti said that the textile is the more demandable industry in the country and it is a more income generating avenue as well. "Although we have a proud history for our traditional textile industry, society has ignored it in the past few years. "But the demand for local textile products has not diminished in the international market. We should persuade our people, the importance of the industry by creating local products that are in accordance with our culture," the Deputy Minister said.

He said that the textile industry in India contributed largely to drive its national economy, and called all to get-together to rebuild the local textile industry through dedication and support.

"These manufacturers have faced various problems in the past and the Ministry has decided to look into them and develop their potential. In order to provide a stable market to this textile village at Kahahena, the Health and Nutrition Ministry has agreed with the Ministry of Small and Rural Industries to grant 35,000 meters from its annual quota to manufacture surgical gauze in this village.