Bhubaneswar, Feb 18: The 20th National Level Handloom Expo, 2021 organised Boyanika at Unit-III IDCO Exhibition Ground here registered sales to the tune of over Rs 9 crore.
The exhibition started January 20 progressively achieved sales for a span of 29 days. The Handloom Expo has gained much more popularity among customers due to its decent ambience. Sufficient space inside the ground has good impact on visitors/customers to move around, wearing masks to maintain social distance and make purchases of their required handloom products from different stalls.
This year the expo achieved sales of more than Rs 9 crore, while Boyanika itself achieved Rs 1.51 crores. The total sale of Odisha Handloom products amounts to Rs 3 crore. Handloom organisations of other states like Co-optex of Tamil Nnadu, APCO of Andhra Pradesh, Mrignayanee of Madhya Pradesh, Kasfab of J&K witnessed good sales, more than previous year and expressed their satisfaction on sales as well as arrangements of the fair organised by Boyanika.
On the closing day, a buyer-seller meet was held and all stall in-charges were felicitated by the Textiles and Managing Director, Boyanika Jyotiprakash Das with an Uttariya, a sweet packet and certificate of participation. The deputy director of Weaver Service Centre, Bhubaneswar, officers of Directorate of Textiles and Boyanika were present in the closing ceremony.