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A

Concept Note

&

Pre-feasibility Study Report

on

Setting up of CFC

for

Handicrafts Mega Cluster Mission, Bhuj

Khavda: Craft-Block & Screen printing (Kachchhi Ajrakh)

Bhujodi: Craft: Handloom Weavers

Prepared By:

NORTHERN INDIA TEXTILE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

(Linked to Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India) Sector-23, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad-202002 (U.P.)

Email: mail@nitratextile.org Ph: 01202783090/94/95 Fax: 0120-2783596

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Cluster-I

Khavda: Craft-Block & Screen Printing

(Kachchhi Ajrakh)

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1. Background

Gujarat has been centre of printing and resists dyeing for centuries.

The combination of the two techniques is seen in ajrakh, traditionally a blue and red dyed and printed cotton cloth that is found in Kutch, most notably Ajrakhpur, Anjar, Khavada, Dhamadka. Ajrakh (a term thought to be derived from azraq the Arabic for blue) has a multitude of uses.

The crafts of Kachchh are deeply integrated into the lifestyle of the communities who practice and utilize them. The exclusive handworks exhibit the craftsmanship of the people. These works are quite famous all over the world. The craftsmen still follow the conventional method in designing their art work, and this is what makes their work quite unique.

Khavda village is one of the important tourist places in kutch. The town has excellent potters and leather craftsmen (indicating a heavy Muslim presence, as Hindus do not use leather), and ajrakh block-printing at khatrivas. The KMVS office in Khavda sells embroidered handmade dolls and other textile products and is run by local women.

STRUCTURE OF THE ENTERPRISES IN THE CLUSTER

Type of Craft work

Number of Enterprises

Block Print 2

Screen Printing 1

Dhamadka and Khavda were the two areas in Kachchh that continue to print the exotic blue and red Ajrakh textile. This technique originated in Sind but when skilled members of the Khatri community migrated to Kachchh especially Dhamadka where the river water was appropriate for the resist printing and dyeing process, some of them also settled down in Khavda and started to print the Ajrakh textile there. The specialty is the double-

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sided Ajrakh or bi puri, which has identical printing on both sides of the fabric.

2. The Need

Govt. of India through HMCM has identified this cluster (Bhuj) as one of the mega clusters. It has also been decided to provide necessary intervention so that the crafts persons can be benefited. The basic objectives are to assist the stakeholders with modern infrastructure at block levels, making available the latest technology, design innovations, adequate training and Human Resource Development (HRD) and appropriate market linkages. The guiding principle underlying the design of clusters would create modern infrastructure and integrate the production chain in a manner that caters to the requirements of the handicraft artisans working in the clusters.

Khavada Print is generally the replication of famous Ajarakh print of Ajrakhpur and hence it becomes as famous as the original Ajrakhpur print. There are total 20 artisans who are engaged in this Kachchi Ajrakh print. They used to produce the print design on the bed sheet, dress material and Maxi etc. by using blocks and screen printing technique with azoic colors.

In this context, it is felt that a Common Facility Centre (CFC) in Bhuj Mega Cluster would be helpful for the artisans in carrying out processing, dyeing, printing and finishing of the textile materials to make Kachchhi Ajrakh Crafts. They may also need an effluent treatment plant to treat the effluent discharged from the processing units.

Keeping this in mind, Govt. of India through Handicraft Mega Cluster Mission (HMCM) proposed to address this issue for the benefits of the small and tiny processors. Upgrading and modernizing the existing facility with state of art plant, equipment and machinery for improving quality and finishes of the final product right from the stage of raw material up to stage of finished products through various stake holders on self sustaining basis is also needed.

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With this in mind, HMCM approached NITRA for the preparation of Concept Note through conducting a pre-feasibility study for the up gradation of the present facility and setting up a well equipped CFC at Khavda. Accordingly, technical expert from NITRA visited the Bhuj handicrafts cluster, Khavada region from 26.04.2017 to 27.0.2017 to know the present status and find out the need of artisans engaged in the craft. During the above visit NITRA expert interacted with the stakeholders and collected all the related information. The findings of the study done by NITRA are summarized in this report.

3. Present status

Based on the preliminary survey of the Kachchhi Ajrakh print Khavada, Bhuj clusters following findings can be drawn:

No. of Enterprises: 3 (Two for Block Printing & One for Screen printing)

No. of artisans: 20 (approx.)

Raw Material: 100% Cotton fabric (Poplin) called as latha is the basic material used for printing.

Dyes/Colours used: Azoic colours (Different combinations of Naphthols and Bases) and Natural Indigo dye etc.

Production size: Approx. 80-100 kgs/day of Fabric

Process Type: Screen and Block printing

4. Manufacturing Process:

The manufacturing process as observed during the study for the product (kachchhi ajrakh print) is described below:

Desizing: The grey fabric is desized to remove the starch from the fabric so as to increase the absorbency for the further process.

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Bleaching: To remove the natural yellowing or colouring matter from the fabric to get the white fabric with enhanced absorbency and better look.

Dyeing: Fabric is dyed with the desired Naphthol colours as per the required shade for the ground colour.

Designing: A design is conceptualized by the designers for the complete piece viz. a dress material, Maxi or bed sheet etc. At the time of deciding the design various motifs and their placements are finalized, to get that complete effect on the final apparel.

Engraving of Blocks: These design patterns is then engraved on a wooden block manually. There are thousands of pre-made blocks / motifs already available and from time to time new designs are created to meet the new fashion demands.

Block Printing: Once the block is ready then the printing is done on the fabric. Printing is carried out by the use of wooden blocks dipping in the printing paste like neel and safeda to make a pattern.

Screen Printing: In this printing technique whereby a mesh is used to transfer ink onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. A blade or squeegee is moved across the screen to fill the open mesh apertures with ink, and a reverse stroke then causes the screen to touch the substrate momentarily along a line of contact. This causes the ink to wet the substrate and be pulled out of the mesh apertures as the screen springs back after the blade has passed.

Washing & finishing: After the printing process, the fabric reaches the laundry and is thoroughly washed and given the finishing touches.

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Production Chain for Kachchhi Ajrakh Printing:

(Either by Block or Screen)

5. The Proposal:

It has been observed by NITRA during the visit to the cluster that

presently the Khavda print craftsmen are using the traditional way

of dyeing & printing, manual washing and sunlight drying process

which ultimately resulting in poor quality of final product in terms

of washing and rubbing fastness etc. It has further been noticed

that the number of artisans engaged in this craft is very small and

it is expected that in near future more tiny units of printing and

dyeing may migrate to this cluster if advanced level facilities are

available.

Greige Cloth

Soakingth of fabric in water + Washing

powder for overnight

Washing & Drying

Dyeing with Naphthol AS-BS

Drying under shade

Block/Screen printing by different

combination of Bases

Dyeing for ground colour

Washing & Air Drying

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Keeping in view of above, it is proposed to have machine-based

printing, dyeing, washing and drying at CFC. This will not only

drastically improve quality of final product but also will reduce the

time taken for washing (12 hour in CFC against 3-4 days in

summer and nearly a week time during winter season). A quality

control laboratory with complete paraphernalia for checking quality

of raw materials, in process and finished products is also proposed

to be included. Following are the details of facilities which are

proposed for the CFC to improve their present working style by

facilitating them with the state art of modern technology and

improved infrastructure.

(i) Land and Building:

a. Land:

- Tentative land Requirement : 500 sq. mt.

- Available land area : 210 sq. mt.

b. Work Shed:

- Required area for Machinery : 300 sq. mt.

(Pretreatment, Dyeing & Finishing)

- Available shed area : 132 sq. mt.

- Actual area required : 168 sq. mt.

- Others area : 50 sq. mt.

(Office/Lab area/Store)

c. Open Area

- Total requirement : 150 sq. mt.

(for the CETP, boiler, etc)

- Available area : 78 sq. mtr.

- Actual uncovered area required : 72 sq. mt.

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(ii) Machinery and Equipment:

Details of Machinery and equipment required for the Khavada CFC

are as under:

a. Dyeing & printing:

Sr. No. Type of Machine Requirement

1 Jigger Dyeing Machine 2 Nos

2 Winch Dyeing Machine (10-15kg) 2 Nos

3 Hydro extractor (10 kg capacity) 1No

4 Tumbler Dryer (5-10kg) 1No

5 Open width fabric Drying Machine (mini-stenter)

1No

b. Other accessories for dyeing facility:

Sr. No. Name of accessories Requirement

1 Trolley (1.50 Mtrx1.05 Mtrx) 4 Nos

2 Textile batching trolley(A-frame) 2 Nos

3 Blocks for printing purpose -

4 Screens for Printing purpose -

5 Weighing balance Platform type (50kg capacity)

1 No

6 Weighing balance Platform type (2kg capacity)

1 No

7 Block printing table (10 mtr x 1.5 mtr x 0.7 mtr.)

1 No

8 Screen Printing table (10 mtr x 1.5 mtr x 0.7 mtr.)

1 No

9 Electrical Stirrer 2 Nos

c. Laboratory machines and equipment:

Sr. No. Type of Machine and Equipments Requirement

1 Laundr-o-meter 1 No

2 Matching Cabinet 1 No

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3 Grey Scales (change in colour) 1 No

4 Grey Scales (Staining) 1 No

5 Crock-o-meter 1 No

6 Electronic weighing balance (0-250 gm display up to four decimal)

1 No

7 Sample Cutter for GSM 1 No

8 Hot air oven 1 No

d. Utilities:

Sr. No. Name Requirement

1 ETP (5-6KLD) 1 No

2 Borewell (5KLD) 1 No

3 Water softening plant (4-5KLD) 1 No

e. Miscellaneous facilities:

Other accessories( buckets, mugs, thermometer, etc)

Storage racks and furniture

Electrical Panels, Cables etc

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In order to create above infrastructure for the proposed CFC, the

tentative investment has been worked out which is as under.

* In future depending upon the requirement of the cluster more

facility can be added and cost of same has not been included in this

proposal.

A. Capital Expenses:

Sr. No. Items Amount (Rs. In Lac.)

1. Land Not considered

2. Work shed area for the a) Machineries & equipments b) Office, Laboratory and Store

35.00

3. Dyeing and Printing machines 31.00

4. Accessories for dyeing & printing 7.00

5. Laboratory set up 5.00

6. Utilities 16.00

7. Miscellaneous 6.00

Total Capital expenses 100

B. Operational expenses(Hand holding) for 6 months @ Rs.5.00 lac/month

30.00

Project cost (A+B) 130

C. Contingency (10% of Project cost) 13.00

Total Project Cost 143.00

6. Assumptions:

a) This report has been prepared on the basis of minimum

production level and the process required from initial stage to

finished product.

b) The land area (shed area and uncovered area) requirement is

assumed on the basis of minimum area required by each

machine, passage for the free-flow of material, office area,

Store area, water softening plant, boiler, CETP and DG area &

free moving space etc.

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c) The cost of the land has not been considered as a part of

investment.

d) The cost of machines & equipments are based upon the

tentative estimation, which may change as per the prevailing

rates at the time of supply/delivery.

7. Conclusion:

As per the study carried out by NITRA, it is found that once

the CFC is set up in Khavda Cluster, Bhuj, the business of

kachchhi ajrakh craft may increase.

It has been observed that although the present strength of

cluster is very small. So initially the proposed CFC may not be

fully utilized or underutilized

However, it is expected that if the CFC is established more

numbers of tiny units will be attracted and will migrate to this

cluster in setting up their units in this cluster and get the

benefits of the proposed facilities.

So keeping all the above points in the mind, it can be

concluded that the proposed intervention is necessary.

Therefore, NITRA is of the opinion that HMCM should move

ahead with the proposal for setting up of the CFC to improve

their present working style of the craftsmen by facilitating

them with the state art of modern technology and improved

infrastructure. HMCM may proceed to get the Detailed Project

Report (DPR) prepared and seek the approval from Govt. of

India for the implementation of the project.

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Cluster-II

Bhujodi

(Craft: Handloom Weavers)

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1. Background

Gujarat has a large flourishing textile industry which contributes to the arts and crafts of India. The textiles have a large variety to offer to the end consumers. It mainly depends on factors like varied raw materials, combination of yarns and effective use of traditional techniques. The enriched range of textiles owes to the people of different communities, castes, tribes and regions of the state, who have kept the age old tradition alive. For instance, Tangalia fabric from Surendranagar is inlaid with thread during weaving, to create geometrical patterns and peacock motifs. Deesa fabric was originally worn by tribes of Gujarat. It contains geometric patterns with bold black outlines, in deep earthy colors.

Kachchhi weavers traditionally come from the Marwada and Maheswari communities. The Maheshwaris transitioned into the art of mashroo, while the Marwada style is now well known as Kachchhi weaving. This community is versatile, crafting woven textiles, leather and woodwork all over Kachchh. Weavers are closely linked socioeconomically with their local clients, the Ahirs, Rajputs, and Rabaris. Each weaver was once personally linked with a Rabari family, who would supply yarn from sheep and goats. Farming communities like Ahirs cultivated kala cotton, which produced woven textiles for shoulder cloths and headgear. Sheep and goat wool was used for veils, skirts, shawls and blankets. The designs woven into Kachchhi woven fabrics were inspired by the communities who wore them, replicating the shapes of musical instruments, the footsteps of an animal herd, etc. The names for motifs like vakhiyo, chaumukh, satkani, hathi, or dholki are evocative of the rural images.

A small town just 8 km southeast of Bhuj, Bhujodi is a major textile center of Kutch, with the vast majority of the 1200 inhabitants involved in textile handicraft production. Here you can meet weavers, tie-dye artists and block printers, most of whom belong to the Vankar community. Many will let you watch them work; just ask around. It’s one of the important tourist places of kutch.

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About a kilometer from Bhujodi is the Ashapura Crafts Park, set up by a corporate non-profit wing to help artisans display and sell their work and organizes dance and music events on weekends. Shrujan is a local non-profit set up 40 years ago to allow women to market their work better and earn a better living from it. The Shrujan campus is an interesting place to visit in kutch, with embroidery exhibits, a production center and excellent examples of local architecture with environmental awareness in mind.

Bhujodi is a major textile center of Kutch with more than 1000 inhabitants involved in textile handicraft production. The village hosts a handicraft mela all year long with special dance and song performances on weekend. All the handicrafts including embroidery, mud work, metal work, wood work, terra-cota pots with human faces, potteries, block printing, bandhani shawls etc. are typical to Kutch area.

STRUCTURE OF THE ENTERPRISES IN THE CLUSTER

Today, there are 1200 weavers all across Kutch in 210 villages. The number of women involved in the preparatory and finishing processes is around 2400. Women usually manage to get work for just a couple of days while men who weave are employed for longer stretches. Of the 80 looms in Bhujodi, Ramji says the the entrepreneurial Vishramji family owns 35. Four weavers work at their loom, whereas others take orders and specifications of what must be weaved, work from home and return with the end product. Among the Kutch craftsmen the numbers of the bandhini and ajarkh artisans has risen, but the weavers have dipped, many of whom are now employed in factories in the region. While craftsmen turned businessmen thrive, independent weavers usually struggle to make ends meet, and the returns for them are barely worth the effort and time they invest.

2. The Need

Govt. of India through HMCM has identified this cluster as one of the mega clusters. It has also been decided to provide necessary intervention so that the crafts persons can be benefited. The basic

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objective are to assist the stakeholders in availing the facilities set up with modern infrastructure at block levels, latest technology, design innovations, adequate training and Human Resource Development (HRD) and appropriate market linkages. The guiding principle underlying the design of clusters would create modern infrastructure and integrate the production chain in a manner that caters requirement of the handicraft artisans in the clusters.

In this context, it has been decided that Bhuj Mega Clustre for setting up a Common Facility Centre (CFC) for carrying out wet processing, dyeing and finishing of the textile material used by the Bhujodi handloom crafts artisans along with an effluent treatment plant to treat the effluent discharged from the processing unit.

Keeping this in mind, Govt. of India through HMCM proposed to address this issue for the benefits of the small and tiny processors.

Handicraft Mega Cluster Mission (HMCM) decided to upgrade and modernize the existing facility with state of art plant, equipment and machinery, for improving quality and finishes of the final product right from the stage of raw material up to stage of finished products and cater to need of quality raw material by running this facility through various stack holders on self sustaining basis.

In this reference, HMCM approached NITRA for the preparation of pre-feasibility report for the up gradation of the present facility by setting up a well equipped CFC at Bhujodi.

Accordingly, technical expert from NITRA visited the Bhuj handicrafts cluster, Bhujodi region from 26.04.2017 to 27.0.2017 to know the present status and find out the need of artisans engaged in the craft.

In this reference, an expert from NITRA has visited the Shamji, son of the renowned Master Artisan and National Award winner Vishram Valji Vankar, who along with his four brothers runs a thriving business with customers all over the world. Shamji kindly found time amongst his busy schedule to talk to us about the

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history of weaving in his village, which he has gathered documentation on for the last 20 years.

There, we had a detailed discussion on the Handloom process, yarn dyeing etc. including the type of product mix, process sequence performed by them from the beginning to the finished product.

Woolen shawl of Gujarat have become very popular throughout the country. Draftspersons of Kutch weave these shawls on traditional pit or shuttle looms using Desi Marino and even acrylic wool.

The rough wool collect from the sheep is the prime raw material use by Vankar community living in oasis like villages of kutch for developing there appealing shawls. The raw wool is colored in vegetable dye in the desired print of both wrap and weft threads. The shawls are uniquely woven with colors suitable for modern city and export market.

Shri Damji Premji Vankar explores his families weaving tradition from a perspective of design. With his alder brothers they found Handloom Design Center in Bhujodi Village. They come from rich weaving traditional. His father, Brothers, Brothers Wife’s is recognized as master craftmen and have received national award. And his father also recognizes and awarded as Shilp Guru.

They also able to dye his product in natural color like vegetable dye. The technique he initiated has become the mainstream with all the weavers. So he encouraged to have more varied and attractive hues than limited color of Babul, Neem, Pine trees. As year passed national and international market brought home new design and experiment with new material also began. There are many other products added to their list like mufflers, stoles, veils, cotton yardage, etc. in silk weaving with vegetable dye with use of traditional and contemporary designs.

During the above visit NITRA expert interacted with the stakeholders and collected all the related information. The findings of the study done by NITRA are summarized in this report.

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3. Present status

Based on the preliminary survey of the Bhujodi handloom clusters following findings can be drawn:

No. of Enterprises: 10-15 (approx.)

No. of craftsman: 150-200(approx.)

Raw Material: 100% cotton yarn, Kala cotton yarn, yellowish muga silk, tussah Silk, Eri silk, Merino woolen yarn and local sheep woolen yarn etc.

Dyes used: Indigo, Vegetable dyes, Reactive dye, Acid dye, Direct and vat dyes etc.

Production size (Dyeing): Approx. 100 kgs. of yarn/day

Process type: Dyeing of yarn and handloom weaving.

4. Manufacturing Process

The manufacturing process as observed during the study for the

product is described below:

a) Cone to Hank: Hanks of required length are made from the

cones.

b) Desizing: The grey yarn will be desized to remove the starch from the fabric so as to increase the absorbency for the further process.

c) Bleaching: To remove the natural yellowing or colouring matter from the yarn to get the white fabric with enhanced absorbency and better look.

d) Dyeing: Yarn is dyed with the required shade by the combination of two or three colours.

e) Warping beam process

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f) Handloom weaving process

Production chain for Bhujodi handloom weavers:

5. The Proposal:

It has been observed by NITRA during the visit to the cluster that

presently the Bhujodi weavers are using the traditional way of

dyeing, manual washing and sunlight drying process which

ultimately resulting in poor quality of final product in terms of

washing and rubbing fastness etc. It has further been noticed that

the number of artisans engaged in this craft is small and it is

expected that in near future more tiny units of yarn dyeing may

migrate to this cluster if advanced level facilities are available.

Yarn in cone form

Cone to hank conversion

Hank Dyeing

Hank to cone

conversion

Warping beam preparation

Handloom Weaving

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Keeping in view of above, it is proposed to have machine-based yarn

dyeing, washing and drying washing and drying at CFC. This will

not only drastically improve quality of final product but also reduce

the time taken for washing (12 hour in CFC against 3-4 day in

summer and weeks during winter season). A quality control

laboratory with complete paraphernalia for checking quality of raw

materials, in process and finished products is also proposed to be

included. Following are the details of facilities which are proposed

for the CFC to improve their present working style by facilitating

them with the state art of modern technology and improved

infrastructure

(i) Land and Building:

a. Land:

- Tentative land Requirement : 750 sq. mt.

b. Work Shed:

- Required area for Machinery : 500 sq. mt.

(Pretreatment, Dyeing & Finishing)

- Others area : 100 sq. mt.

(Office/Lab area/Store)

c. Open Area

- Total requirement : 150 sq. mt.

(for the CETP, boiler, etc)

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(ii) Machinery and Equipments:

Details of Machineries and equipments required for setting up the

Bhujodi Handicrafts CFC:

A. Dyeing Machineries:

Sr. No.

Type of Machine Requirement

1 Arm hank dyeing M/c 20 kg capacity 1 No

2 Arm hank dyeing M/c 10 kg capacity 2 Nos

3 Arm hank dyeing M/c 5 kg capacity 2 Nos

4 Hydro extractor (5kg capacity) 1 No

5 Hydro extractor (10 kg capacity) 1 No

6 Hank yarn Drier (5-10 Kg) 2 No

7 Open dyeing cistern (1 ft x 1.5ft x 2.5 ft), 1.5 ft x 1.5ft x 2.5 ft),(2 ft x 2 ft x 2.5 ft)

5 No

B. Other accessories for Dyeing facility:

Sr. No.

Name of accessories Requirement

1 Trolley (1.0 Mtr x 1.0 Mtrx) 4 Nos

2 Weighing balance Platform type (50kg cap.)

1 No

3 Weighing balance Platform type (2kg capacity)

1 No

4 Power operated cone to hank winder 2 Nos

5 Electrical Stirrer 2 Nos

C. Laboratory machines and Equipments:

Sr. No.

Type of Machine and Equipments Requirement

1 Open bath beaker dyeing machine 1 No

2 Laundr-o-meter 1 No

3 Matching Cabinet 1 No

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4 Grey Scale for colour change 1 No

5 Grey Scale for staining 1 No

6 Crock-o-meter 1 No

7 Electronic weighing balance (0-250 gm) (display up to four decimal)

1 No

8 Hot air oven 1 No

9 Count Tester : ( Beesely balance) 1 No

10 Motorised, automatic, digital wrap reel

1 No

D. Utilities:

Sr. No.

Name Requirement

1 ETP (5-6KLD) 1 No

2 Borewell (5KLD) 1 No

3 Water softening plant (4-5KLD) 1 No

4 Electrical boiler (0.2-0.3 tonn) 1 No

E. Miscellaneous facilities:

Other accessories (buckets, mugs, thermometer, lab accessories etc)

Storage racks and furniture

Electrical panels, cables etc

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In order to create above infrastructure in the proposed CFC, the tentative expenses have been worked out which as under: * In future depending upon the requirement of the cluster more

facility can be added and cost of same has not been included.

A. Capital Expenses:

Sr. No. Items Amount (Rs. In Lac.)

1. Land Area Not considered

2. Work shed area for the c) Machineries & equipments d) Office, Laboratory and Store

78.00

3. Dyeing machineries 76.00

4. Accessories for dyeing 6.00

5. Laboratory set up 7.00

6. Utilities 24.00

7. Miscellaneous 5.00

Total Capital expenses 196

B. Operational expenses(Hand holding) for 6 months @ Rs.7.33 lac/month

44.00

Project cost(A+B) 240

C. Contingency (10% of Project cost) 24.00

Total Project Cost 264.00

6. Assumptions:

a) This report has been prepared on the basis of minimum

production level and the process required from initial stage to

finished product.

b) The land area (shed area and uncovered area) required is

assumed on the basis of minimum area required by each

machine, passage for the free-flow of material, office area,

Store area, water softening plant, boiler, CETP and DG area &

free moving space etc.

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c) The cost of the land has not been considered as a part of

project.

d) The cost of machines & equipments are based upon the

tentative estimation, which may change as per the prevailing

rates at the time of supply/delivery.

Conclusion:

As per the study carried out by NITRA expert, it is found that

once the CFC is set up in Bhujodi cluster, Bhuj, the business

of bhujodi crafts may increase.

It has been observed that although the present strength of

cluster is small. So initially the proposed CFC may not be fully

utilized or underutilized.

However, it is expected that if the CFC is established more

numbers of tiny units will be attracted and will migrate to this

cluster in setting up their units in this cluster and get the

benefits of the proposed facilities.

So keeping all the above points in the mind, it can be

concluded that the proposed intervention is necessary.

Therefore, NITRA is of the opinion that HMCM should move

ahead with the proposal for setting up of the CFC to improve

their present working style of the craftsmen by facilitating

them with the state art of modern technology and improved

infrastructure. HMCM may proceed to get the Detailed Project

Report (DPR) prepared and seek the approval from Govt. of

India for the implementation of the project.