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AMPATI, M AY3: A production centre for apparel making at Mahendraganj, South West Garo Hills was inaugurated by local aMLA & Chairperson, Meghalaya Resources & Employment Generation Council, Dikkanchi D. Shira in the presence of Deputy Commissioner, Cyril Diengdoh, Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board, A. Sarkar, former DGP of Assam, Mohan Raj, local leaders, officials of District Commerce & Industries Centre (DCIC) and the team of Voluntary Association for Social Upliftment (VASU) from Guwahati, on Wednesday afternoon.
The first-ever production centre in the region and the State as a whole, was set up by VASU in a two-storied building in Mahendraganj under the sponsorship of Department of Commerce & Industries, Government of Meghalaya. Presently, the centre is equipped with 25 machines and can employ at least 30 workers to produce high quality apparels and garments to meet the demands of present day generation.
Earlier, Dikkanchi D. Shira, along with the Deputy Commissioner, gave away certificates to the trainees who have passed out from the training in tailoring and apparel-making at A function was held at Mahendraganj Multi-Facility Centre. The training was conducted by VASU under the Department of Commerce & Industries with a project cost of Rs. 88.5 lakh, which include the cost of machineries, training fees, raw materials and stipend for trainees.
Under tailoring and apparel-making training project, altogether 200 trainees have been trained in four batches at Mahendraganj and Ampati with a training duration of 50 working days per batch. The successful trainees would be absorbed as workforce in the newly-inaugurated production centre at Mahendraganj and the raw materials and fabrics for apparel making would be provided by VASU.
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