The state government is planning to set
up a silk park in Malda to boost silk production in the district.
Three state ministers ~ Mr Manab Mukherjee, Mr Narayan Biswas
and Mr Sailen Sarkar ~ today held a meeting with the officials
concerned and representatives of small scale industrial units
to discuss ways of setting up the proposed silk park.
Mr Manab Mukherjee reportedly requested the Malda district
magistrate, Mr CR Das and sabhadhipati of Malda zilla parishad,
Mr Goutam Chakraborty, to select a suitable plot of land in
Kaliachak area, where the farmers produce cocoons, for setting
up the silk park.
It was also discussed that the state government would develop
infrastructure for the new silk park and welcome the private
entrepreneurs.
According to the proposal, there would a group of units, based
on sufficient local production of cocoons, for reeling of
silk yarn and twisting of yarn.
“The department is planning to promote value added silk
(textile) industries here”, the minister, said.
Mr Bijan Mandal, deputy director of sericulture, micro small
enterprise and textile, said: “Mr Manab Mukherjee held
a meeting with us to review the progress of sericulture here
and its prospects. The three ministers also interacted with
the local entrepreneurs about the proposed silk park. If private
entrepreneurs do not show interest in this concept, it would
become difficult for us to materialise it.”
According to officials, Mr Mukherjee today visited Piasbari
near Gour in English Bazaar. Pisabari is a model unit of quality
mulberry plantation and rearing of cocoons.
The minister also visited a private silk unit at Danga near
Sujapur in Kaliachak and the entrepreneur reportedly expressed
his interest to be a part of the proposed silk park.
The annual estimated production of raw silk yarn in Malda
district is about 85 percent of the total output of West Bengal.
If considered in terms of money, it amounts to approximately
Rs 4 crore.
In Malda, 1,124 MT of silk yarn (including the fine and coarse
varieties, motka, among other types) is produced. The target
is to produce up to 1,500 MTs of silk yarn in the next three
years.
Officials said that at a time when the silk producers were
facing a financial crisis in adopting modern technology for
producing fine silk yarn here, DCM (Dupion Coarser and Motka)
is the best way to develop the silk industry here.
“Malda is dominating the Indian market of Dupion and
Motka,’’ Mr Mandal, said.
Courtesy: The Statesman |
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