3rd Guwahati Woolen Expo 2013 underway

Guwahati , Feb 6 , 2013: H N Das Former Chief Secretary, Government of Assam, Ms. Barsha Phookan Ethnic Designer and MD Jettwings and Mr. Bhsakar Dutta Goswami Designer His and Her today formally inaugurated 10 day 3rd Guwahati Woolen Expo 2013 in a function today in presence of hosts of buyers and sellers and officials of Central Wool Development Board. 50 no.s of weavers from across Northeast have participated in the wool carnival.

ICC along with the Central Wool Development Board, Ministry of Textiles Govt. of India had decided of organizing woolen exhibitions cum sale of 10 days duration in the North Eastern states mainly with the objective of showcasing and promoting the various woolen products in the markets of Northeast India which is relatively where winter are colder than other places and to encourage the weavers of this sector in marketing their products; and to conduct the publicity campaign to promote utilization and production of wool. After successfully holding the 1st and 2nd Guwahati Woolen Expo at Shilpagram and MRD Trade Centre in 2010, the 3rd Guwahati WOOLEN EXPO is being organized at Shilpagram NEZCC Campus, Panjabari Guwahati from 5th to 14th Feb 2013. The 10 day 3rd Guwahati Woolen Expo 2013 was formally inaugurated today.

Naam, Uroli, Wool Knitting, Drawing competition with cash rewards will be held to encourage the visitors at the stall. Various school students and mahila samities in and around Guwahati city are invited to participate the said completion. The 10 days wool carnival is expected is attract crowds from all section. The Indian Wool Industry is an important industry since it is one of the prominent sources of livelihood for the rural India and it represents small, medium, and large scale units. The India wool Industry is smaller in size in comparison to other textile industries in India.

In a press release Mr. Ishantor Sobhapandit ICC-NER Regional Director sought support from walks of life and appealed all Guwahatihites to visit the ten days wool carnival in Guwahati. He further added that North eastern region as such does not produce wool, but the demand of woolen products is huge due to the fact that North eastern part of India is comprised mainly of hilly states where the duration of winter last longer than comparatively other parts of the plain states of India. For example, in the states like Meghalaya, Nagaland (Kohima mainly), Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim, winter last longer so we are hopeful that this initiative by ICC and CWDB will receive warm response from all corner of Guwahati and Kamrup Metro. ‘Although wool is not produced in the North East, but there is great demand of raw wool from the North east weaver’s point of view. This is because the traditional handloom weaving is practiced as a household industry in the North East, where apart from using mulberry and other non-mulberry fiber, wool is also used. The wool expo can play a major role in preventing the middle-man’s role in purchase of wool fiber.’ said Sobhapandit in a press statement released today.