This story is from October 6, 2020

Workers back home produce designer garments in Supaul

Workers back home produce designer garments in Supaul
PATNA: Afroz, who returned from Delhi in July after working in a garment factory there for years, hardly expected that a small but profitable venture without any investment was waiting for him in his hometown Supaul.
He is, one among the 18 labourers like him, busy producing designer garments which are in huge demand in many other states.
Other workers with him had returned from Jaipur, Kolkata and Mumbai after losing their jobs during the lockdown.

“Today, each of us is earning between Rs10,000 and 15,000 per month,” said Afroz.
It became possible after they set up a cluster of workers having returned home with expertise in tailoring and designer garments. They formed Kosi Migrant Garments Club (KMGC) under the corporate social responsibility by the Bihar State Building Construction Corporation Limited (BSBCCL) last month.
“We provided them space, machines and raw materials and supported them to produce garments, which are in huge demand both within and outside the state,” said a BSBCCL official.

The KMGC has got orders to supply jackets, mosquito nets, quilt covers, masks, children’s wear and ladies garments from Delhi, Ludhiana, Kolkata and also some districts in the state, he said.
The KMGC may include more workers in case of getting higher number of orders.
“Though they are branding their garments as KMGC, they would have liberty to select other brand name in consultation with the district administration concerned,” the official said.
A senior official in Supaul said the skill mapping of the home returned workers in the district revealed that 8000 of them had expertise in tailoring and embroidery. With the beginning of the KMGC, the district administration arranged their meeting with local wholesale dealers and it helped them explore wide markets.
“The district administration has also contacted a famous garment producer of Jaipur in Rajasthan, who hails from Bihar, to help in setting up a garment industry in Basantpur panchayat of the district. He is likely to visit the district soon,” he said.
He said hundreds of tailoring workers of Basantpur were engaged in other states. “Now they are looking for employment opportunities in the home district,” said the official.
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