Hyderabad: On Wednesday morning, it is a business as usual in Pochampally Village – about 45 km from Hyderabad.
Even though the news was recognized as one of the best tourism villages by the world tourism organization the United Nations (UNWTO), has been enforced at that time, does not seem to add to the sense of euphoria between the weavers of the Sari.
Although happy about the honor, mostly still, singlemindly, pushed towards that goal – to get 10,000 – 15,000 from the weave seven sari.
“Unfortunately, this award will not benefit us in any way.
Our lives will not change,” said Lakshmi B, who had taken home 10,000 from seven Saris for the past 10 years.
He said it took around 40 days to complete the job.
“This is our dealer, intermediary and our boss, which has 10 to 15 weavers working for them, which will make money.
We will still pay the section wages,” he said.
Her husband, also a weaver, gets 15,000 for the same job.
While the pandemic has attracted the price of the Saris of 2,000 (around), it has been revived now and is being sold with no less than 7,500.
However, weavers continue to get a trivial amount of their efforts, regardless of how many days they are included.
Maybe it explains the lack of their optimism.
“Even if this recognition attracts more tourists to the village, small weavers like I will continue to get limited orders with very thin margins from shops,” said M Krishna Murthy who had weaved Saris for the past 25 years and had two machines.
He added how duplicate trends of Saris – from Maharashtra, Gujarat etc.
– flooded the market further calling their business.
But not all hopes are lost first.
Some still believe that new tags will be proven to be a blessing of bringing new customers who had never heard of Saris tie.
“We hope that more people will come here after hearing about the international tags given to pale and our sales will increase,” said Ramesh M, who had sold Saris ties, dresses and other items for five years.
“Want our children to get jobs everywhere all weavers in Puchampally Village that Tocy met on Wednesday said they would not continue this skill to their children.
Instead, they wanted them to learn and secure a more stable job.
“The money obtained through weaving hours is only for food and clothing.
There was no money left even to get our children educated, “said Bala Raju V, who had weaved for the past seven years.
He said he was now planning to stop and instead start a grocery store or another business.
Weavers also appealed to the government To give them help in return for all revocation of their work has been brought to the country.
They call for subsidies and other benefits that can help them increase their living standards.
For puchampally weavers, it’s still a battle to survive
