Tel CM asks Textiles dept to ready plans for weavers' welfare

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today asked the Textiles department to prepare plans to help the cause of weavers in the state.

Rao, who held a meeting on issues of weavers, said the state government would not hesitate to spend any amount of money to help improve the condition of weavers, according to a release from his office.

Noting that state government has initiated steps for the welfare of fishermen and sheep-rearers, he said measures would be taken to ameliorate the condition of weavers as well.

He asked textiles, handlooms, industries and IT minister K T Rama Rao and officials to prepare plans to resolve the problems of weavers on a permanent basis.