Encourage handloom clothes, appeals BJP MLA Dr Akula Satyanarayana

​Rajamahendravaram: BJP MLA Dr Akula Satyanarayana has underlined the need to encourage handloom clothes. Handloom clothes are part and parcel of our life, he added.

Inaugurating Handicrafts and Handlooms Expo at TTD Kalyana Mandapam here on Monday, he said many were getting livelihood through handloom sector and appealed to the people to purchase handloom clothes and wear once in a week.

All should work together to bring past glory to handloom sector, he added. Artistes from eight states are participating in the expo. Pochampally, Mangalagiri and Kalamkari sarees, dress material etc are available at the expo. YSRCP leader Medapati Sharmila Reddy, Bontha Srihari, BJP leaders KB Singh, N Padmasri and others were present.