Question

What was sircilla tragedy?

Answer 1

Sircilla textile town is in Karimnagar district (currently in Telangana, earlier part of Andhra Pradesh). There are around 34,000 power looms in Sircilla textile town. The weavers who lost jobs were committing suicides. The problems faced in this town were:

• The power loom weavers were burdened by Fuel Surcharge Adjustments (FSA).
• Following the escalation of polyster yarn cost, and heavy power bills it led to increase in the production costs.
• This resulted in the stoppage of raw materials supply.
• This led to closure of Power looms and thereby leading to the unemployment crisis.
• Suicides were reported in this town in 1998, 2001, 2008.