Develop land proposed for Bidadi township as particular mulberry zone to spice up silk manufacturing: MP Dr. CN Manjunath

Giving a brand new dimension to farmers’ resistance to acquisition of their lands for Bidadi Township challenge, Bengaluru Rural MP Dr. CN Manjunath on Friday (October 24, 2025) advised that this space identified for strong sericulture farming must be declared as Particular Mulberry Zone with measures to additional increase silk manufacturing.

Dr. Manjunath made the suggestion on the golden jubilee celebrations of the Central Silk Board – Nationwide Silkworm Seed Group (CSB-NSSO) in Bengaluru that was attended by coverage makers, bureaucrats within the nation’s sericulture sector, scientists and different stakeholders together with farmers.

A authorities cocoon market in Ramanagara. , Photograph Credit score: MA Sriram

Woven into Indian traditions

Mentioning that that silk had an analogous type of craze and worth like gold because it was an integral a part of Indian traditions, Dr. Manjunath mentioned there was a dire want to advertise sericulture farming in an enormous approach amongst farmers to make sure sustainable incomes. Sericulture farming with a manufacturing cycle of lower than a month had turned out to be an everyday income-yielding agricultural operation for farmers in these areas, he mentioned.

The authorities ought to additional promote sericulture farming and take measures to double the manufacturing within the curiosity of farmers’ sustainability and to bridge the hole between manufacturing and demand by organising particular mulberry. zones and linking them as silk hall, he mentioned.

He referred to Bidadi, Ramanagara, Anekal and different locations which have excelled in sericulture as preferrred places for organising the particular zones and silk hall.

Bengaluru Rural MP Dr. C.N. Manjunath. , Photograph Credit score: ALLEN EGENUSE J

‘Silk Valley of India’

To tide over the scarcity of area for township growth, he advised that the federal government ought to undertake the Chinese language growth mannequin of counting on vertical growth.

Mentioning that speedy silk manufacturing was happening in locations close to Bengaluru, Dr. Manjunath remarked that: “Bengaluru isn’t just the Silicon Valley of India, but in addition the Silk Valley of India.”

He additionally advised the necessity to arrange spun silk models to provide byproducts from practically 6,400 tonnes of silk waste which is being generated yearly within the nation.

boosting manufacturing

Union Minister of State for MSMEs Shobha Karandlaje, who launched the commemorative postal cowl introduced on the event, acknowledged that regardless of finest efforts the nation was in a position to contact solely 41,000 tonnes of silk. manufacturing thought the precise requirement was round 45,000 tonnes.

Guests at an exhibition cum sale of KSIC Mysore Silk Classic Saree in Bengaluru. , Photograph Credit score: SAMPATH KUMAR GP

Mentioning that the nation was importing the remaining quantum of silk from China, she referred to as upon scientists and farmers to take measures for enhancing silk manufacturing with a concentrate on high quality.

Observing that there was a worldwide demand for silk, significantly Indian silk as a result of its high quality, she mentioned, “Actually, we see ladies quarrelling to purchase Mysuru Silk sarees as a result of brief provide and even the ladies MPs from different areas are mesmerized over the standard of those sarees.”