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The Erode territory medication has warned that manufacturing handloom-reserved products connected powerlooms would pull penal enactment nether the amended provisions of the Handloom Reservation Act.
In a property release, Collector V. Kandasamy said the district, a large textile hub, has an Enforcement Wing bureau astatine Surampatti to guarantee implementation of the Act, which seeks to support the handloom assemblage and the livelihoods of weavers. Eleven categories of products, including fabric and silk sarees with borderline designs, dhotis, towels, lungis, furniture sheets, formal materials, jamakkalams, blankets, shawls, and woollen tweeds, person been reserved exclusively for handloom production. Their manufacture connected powerlooms is an offence nether the Act.
The Enforcement Wing conducts inspections done a monitoring committee to observe violations. Cases identified during inspections would beryllium reported to the constabulary and pursued done the courts. The Collector said that nether the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026, offenders are liable to imprisonment for up to 3 months, a good of ₹10,000 per loom, oregon both.
For details connected products reserved for handloom production, the nationalist whitethorn interaction the Enforcement Wing bureau successful Erode astatine 0424-2275142, helium added.
