Attractive and durable tussar silk products of Keonjhar would be sold online by the Flipkart soon. The Tussar Rearers Cooperative Society (TRCS), Bhagamunda and the Flipkart have signed an MoU in this regard.
The district administration congratulated all the stakeholders of the TRCS and wished the initiative all success.
Located in Harichandanpur block of the district, Bhagamunda TRCS was established in 1970s with participation of over 1,500 tussar growers. Now, four more TRCSs have been set up in the block.
Besides supporting 3,000 Tussar growers, the TRCSs have also trained around 300 rural tribal women, who carry out reeling, spinning, fabric printing and embroidery. The value addition has transformed lives of those associated with tussar sericulture and empowered hundreds of disadvantaged women.
In 2019, the State Government opened a tussar silk park the TRCS, Bhagamunda. The institution has now 100 solar-powered reeling machines, 10 re-reeling machines, five de-flossing machines, two bok making machines and 1 digital textile printing machine.
The District Mineral Foundation (DMF), Keonjhar in partnership with the Directorate of Sericulture and NGOs has taken up tussar host tree plantation over an area of 600 hectares in Harichandanpur and Banspal blocks at Rs 14.7 crore in order to support mining-affected families.