Srinagar: Artisans associated with weaving and spinning pashmina Wednesday staged a protest in Press Enclave here alleging that government has failed to implement ban on spinning machines and power looms in the Kashmir valley.
Protesting artisans carrying placards and banners said that they are facing tough times over the past 15 years as the use of spinning machines have rendered them jobless.
It is irony that machine unit holders working with Pashmina are registered for materials and articles other than pashmina by Directorate of Industries and Commerce and despite serving notice to them they have been continuously operating illegally, a protester said.
They said that Pashmina Handicraft has lost its trust and goodwill in the national and international market because machine-made Pashmina is fake. They alleged that government has given protection to copper smiths by enactment of Indian Hand-loom Artisans Act.
The protesters impressed upon the authorities to feel the pain and sufferings of starving Artisans who have Right to Bread and whose centurys old means of livelihood is being snatched by spinning machine.
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