Handloom weavers call off stir after assurance from Labour Minister

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Labour Minister Vasamsetti Subhash offering citrus  h2o  to handloom weavers aft  they called disconnected  their relay hunger onslaught   astatine  Angara colony   successful  Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema territory  connected  Saturday.

Labour Minister Vasamsetti Subhash offering citrus h2o to handloom weavers aft they called disconnected their relay hunger onslaught astatine Angara colony successful Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema territory connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

The handloom weavers, who person been connected a relay hunger onslaught for 13 days demanding that the State authorities wage their pending bills to the tune of ₹3.85 crore, astatine Angara colony of Kapileswarapuram mandal successful Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema district, person called disconnected their protestation aft Labour Minister Vasamsetti Subhash has promised to wide the pending bills wrong 1 month. 

The handloom weavers of the Sri Ganapathi Weavers’ Co-operative Society person been protesting implicit the hold successful clearing their pending bills, including the thrift fund, an inducement fixed by the Handloom Department. 

Speaking to reporters aft talks with the handloom weavers, Mr. Subhash said, “The weavers person consented to retreat their relay hunger onslaught with the assurance to wide their pending bills wrong 1 month.”

Mandapeta MLA Vegulla Jogeswara Rao besides joined the talks.

Mr. Subhash reminded them that the State authorities provides ₹25,000 arsenic yearly assistance to handloom weavers. 

Bandaru Kondaiah, Bala Veerabhadrudu, Undaru Satyanarayana and different leaders representing the handloom weavers were contiguous during the talks.

Published - October 11, 2025 06:53 p.m. IST

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