Around 10,000
workers are unemployed after factories shut down across Syedpur, Nilphamari
weaving neighborhoods - Gholahat, Kazihat, and Hatikhana.
Families in
these neighborhoods were once busily engaged in the production of gamchas
(traditional towels), towels, sarees, and Banarasi fabrics. The products, after
meeting local demand, were supplied to various districts across the country.
The clatter
of looms that once filled the air has fallen silent, and a once-thriving
industry now...
