The societies involved in production of dhotis and saris meant for free distribution scheme were asked to work on warfooting and meet the target for supply them by February 25.
During a meeting to review the progress of production of dhotis and saris for supply to Coimbatore and Tirupur districts today, Tamil Nadu Industries Minister P Thangamani, Handloom and Textiles Minister Dr S Sundarraj and Environment Minister, Thoppy N T Venkatachalam asked the officials in-charge of the scheme to ensure the production met the target.
While Coimbatore district has been given a distribution target of 19.35 lakh saris and 14.85 lakh dhotis, Tirupur district will get 12.61 lakh saris and 8.88 lakh dhotis, an official release said. Here
Senior district officials from concerned departments from Coimbatore and Tirupur districts attended in the review meeting, it said.
