As many as 171 weavers’ societies in Chhattisgarh have produced a total of 3.95 crore metre of cotton fabric worth Rs 274.51 crore during a short span of just four years between 2009-10 to 2013-14.
Village Industries department officials informed that 171 weavers’ societies including 34 societies in Janjgir-Champa district, 28 in Rajnandgaon district, 21 in Balod district, 13 in Gariaband district, 12 in Bastar (Jagdalpur) district, 11 in Raigarh district, 10 in Bilaspur district, eight in Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, seven in Raipur district, five each in Durg and Korba districts, three each in Sarguja, Mahasamund and North Bastar (Kanker) district, two each in Bemetara and Kondagaon districts, and one weavers’ societies each in Dhamtari, Kabeerdham, Mungeli and Jashpur district, are manufacturing cotton fabric.
These committees have manufactured 31.87 lakh metre cloth worth Rs 15.74 crore in financial year 2009-10, 42.19 lakh metre cloth worth Rs 33.76 crore in 2010-11, 70.04 lakh metre worth Rs 49.74 crore in year 2011-12, 1.21 crore metre cloth worth Rs 86.95 crore in 2012-13 and nearly 1.30 crore metre cloth worth Rs 92.32 crore in year 2013-14.