Stiff contest from Gwalior carpets is also due to use of about 20 colours in a carpet whereas only 6 to 7 colours are used by local manufacturers.
Thus the cheapest Gwalior carpet costs Rs 125 per square foot while the local one would cost Rs200 per square foot.
However, their designs 'Parda', 'Dabbi Bukhari' and 'Medalin' are famous and canot be found anywhere in India, he declared.
Gurdev Singh, a carpet maker with 22 handlooms, said, almost 30 per cent of handlooms have closed operation because of high input costs and proprietors have ventured into other businesses echoed alike emotions.
A stage has arrived wherein the government must stride in to rectify and or deliver economic support to the ghastly situation.
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