T.N. Assembly Election 2026: Delay in proposed textile park sparks concern among residents of Gudiyatham constituency

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The Water Resources Department has built cheque  dams crossed  Palar River adjacent   Gudiyatham municipality  successful  Vellore arsenic  portion  of h2o  conservation efforts successful  the region.

The Water Resources Department has built cheque dams crossed Palar River adjacent Gudiyatham municipality successful Vellore arsenic portion of h2o conservation efforts successful the region. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The prolonged hold successful commencement of enactment of the projected textile parkland successful Gudiyatham Assembly constituency, a reserved spot for Scheduled Caste (SC), has irked the electorate, mostly handloom weavers arsenic the projected task would assistance revive the handlooms assemblage successful the riverside town. 

Dotted with clusters of handlooms, Gudiyatham is the hub for the accepted weaving assemblage arsenic each different household successful the congested municipality and its surrounding farming villages person had handlooms for galore decades. “The handloom assemblage successful the portion has go a troubled unit, chiefly owed to summation successful terms of earthy materials and labour costs and deficiency of venue for planetary exports,” said S. Mahalingam, a weaver.

Published - March 31, 2026 05:30 americium IST

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