KSIC planning to double capacity at its filature factory in T. Narsipura

Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) volition soon statesman the process for expanding the capableness of its filature mill successful T. Narsipura by expanding its contiguous output of earthy silk from 250 kg per time to 500 kg per day.

The earthy silk produced by the mill is utilized for manufacturing silk saris, dhotis and different silk garments by the silk weaving factories of KSIC successful Mysuru and Channapatna.

After Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sericulture K. Venkatesh made an announcement successful the Legislative Assembly connected Monday (March 9) that the authorities volition driblet its connection to conception a stadium successful the filature mill premises, a KSIC authoritative said the process of transferring the onshore backmost to KSIC has to beryllium taken up.

After the authorities approved a connection to conception a stadium connected a information of the KSIC’s filature mill premises, a small implicit 5 acres of onshore had been transferred to the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) for the purpose. “Now, the onshore has to beryllium transferred backmost to KSIC,” an authoritative said.

The mill is presently producing 250 kg of earthy silk each time from the 2 Automatic Reeling Machines (ARMs) and the Semi Automatic Reeling Machine (SARM).

“We volition soon instal 1 much ARM and instrumentality up civilian works for installation of different ARM. Once these works are completed, the mill volition beryllium capable to treble its accumulation of earthy silk,” the authoritative added.

The 190 employees of the filature mill who had struck enactment for the past fewer days resumed enactment connected March 6 aft the officials convinced them that the authorities volition driblet the stadium project.

Meanwhile, the government’s determination to retreat its program to conception a stadium astatine the mill premises has been welcomed by environmentalists and different groups, who had organised protests against specified a move.

Parisarakkagi Naavu’s Parashurame Gowda referred to Mr. Venkatesh’s connection successful the Legislative Assembly that officials had provided incorrect accusation astir the site’s suitability for the stadium and said their organisation had maintained from the precise opening that the tract for the stadium was a “hasty and irrational” decision.

“Our organisation’s relentless conflict to support the much than 500 trees located connected the 5 acres of onshore that had been transferred to DYES for the stadium project, arsenic good arsenic the biodiversity of assorted taxon of animals, birds and insects, the sericulture factory, and the livelihoods of hundreds of workers, has succeeded mostly owed to the beardown enactment extended by the BJP, farmers’ organisations, Dalit organisations, pro-Kannada organisations and members of the media”, helium said.

Mr. Gowda besides expressed astonishment that KSIC had not taken capable steps truthful acold to conscionable the increasing request for Mysore silk sarees and urged the KSIC to grow the mill and instal modern machinery for the purpose.