Carpet Belt India

The carpet belt of north india stretches across the state of uttar pradesh from the town of allahabad east to bhadohi ending in the rural reaches beyond varanasi.

Carpet belt india.

25 october 2010 care fair a pro education initiative in india pakistan and nepal was set up in 1994 by a group of german carpet importers who wanted to tackle the problem of child servitude in the industry. The carpet manufactured here are mainly export centric. Bhadohi mirzapur region of uttar pradesh is famous for gabbe woollen carpet in india and outside india. I have visited this area several times across the last decade and despite recent pronouncements by the government of india.

The carpet belt of mirzapur bhadohi varanasi in eastern up was the karmabhoomi work place of kailsh satyarthi nobel peace prize winner in the early part of his crusade against child labour and trafficking satyarthi worked tirelessly in the carpet belt of bhadohi and mirzapur notorious for exploiting child workers. Carpet industry in india is that in recent years there has been an overall decline in the production and exports of hand knotted carpets in india particularly in core carpet belt. Us is the largest importer of carpet from india in previous years. Tackling child labor in india s carpet belt author.

Child labor in north india s hand woven carpet sector. Choose from a wide variety of living room carpets designer rugs online made from wool nylon cotton jute etc. The famous carpet belt of bhadohi mirzapur had been freed from child labour claimed minister of state for textiles panabaka lakshmi and textile secretary rita menon they were in the. Buy carpets online in india at low prices from pepperfry.

Since the early 2000s the carpet industry has entered into a new phase characterized by an overall decline in the production and exports of hand knotted carpets. Geographically oriental rugs are made in an area referred to as the rug belt which stretches from morocco across north africa the middle east and into central asia and northern india. This belt is famous from the age of akbar regime. Monique jessen tonic usa published on.

The carpet belt of north india spreads west from the city of allahabad east through bhadohi over to varanasi along the banks of the ganga river. India controls almost 40 percentages of worldwide export volume. Carpets online 50 off. Available in types like fur fluffy and colors like black white.