PHOTO: EXPRESS
SILLANWALI: The individuals of Sillanwali, situated 30 kilometres from Sargodha, are so expert at crafting wooden that their handicrafts are exemplified worldwide.
On this city with a inhabitants of about 200,000, there are about 100 huge and small models the place handicrafts are manufactured. Out of those, 25 are giant models. The handicrafts manufactured listed here are shipped not solely inside the nation but additionally overseas.
The handicrafts made at Sillanwali are well-known worldwide for his or her design, shade mixtures, portray and wonderful work.
Not solely ornament items are manufactured in Sillanwali but additionally watches, reward packs, mattress posts, aspect and desk lamps, jewellery packing containers, fancy tables and chairs and varied gadgets of day by day use.
The companies of greater than 10,000 individuals in Sillanwali are related to this occupation. An important factor concerning the crafts of this tehsil is that the varied wood gadgets listed here are handmade, which reinforces their magnificence.
Crafters Expo showcases handicraft ‘made in Pakistan’
Regionally, it’s stated that the craftsmen concerned within the work have golden arms. Malik Mohammad Ilyas, chairman of the Crafts Committee on the Sargodha Chamber of Commerce and Trade, instructed The Categorical Tribune that handicrafts in Sillanwali have been ready since Pakistan’s independence.
On the time of the partition of the sub-continent, individuals from Karnal and adjoining areas principally settled at this place.
These individuals had been concerned within the enterprise of varied wooden merchandise in India. After being settled right here, these individuals are nonetheless related to the identical enterprise and as we speak the business has grown a lot that wood handicrafts which can be manufactured in Sillanwali aren’t matched worldwide.
Ilyas added that handicrafts manufactured in Sillanwali are exported to Malaysia, China, Indonesia, UAE, completely different nations of Europe and america.
He maintained that regionally exported handicrafts from Sillanwali are very uncommon. Merchants from huge cities purchase items from right here after which earn extra by exporting them. He demanded that the federal government present amenities to extend exports immediately. Handicrafts manufactured in Sillanwali are well-known worldwide however craftsmen who make these handicrafts aren’t paid adequately.
Sindh lights up in celebration of tradition day
Mohammad Usman, who works within the business, stated that producing handicrafts take numerous arduous work, however its reward is sort of zero.
Additionally, the employees within the business are going through issues because of utility payments and inflation. The federal government ought to take particular measures to offer aid to the working class.
Ilyas remarked that tax aid is required to advertise the handicrafts business of Sillanwali, which requires motion on the authorities stage.
He added that revolutionary equipment, in addition to new designs, must be launched within the sector.
For this goal, native artisans must get profit from trendy know-how for computerised designing. There are dozens of handicraft outlets in Sillanwali the place a whole lot of shoppers come day by day. Nevertheless, as a result of present inflation and home circumstances, shopkeepers, artisans, and homeowners of handicrafts models are all frightened.
Printed in The Categorical Tribune, March 26th, 2020.
