PM Modi also urged the film industry to promote handloom products.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday arrived in Chennai on a day's visit to launch the National Handloom Day.
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PM Modi said that steps will be taken to ensure social security of the weavers. He also advocated enlarging use of e-commerce to increase sell of handloom products.
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PM Modi says there is lack of awareness about rich tradition of Indian handloom products across the globe. He also rues the fact somehow Indians haven't been able to market the products properly.
PM gives a suggestion that film industry should take up the initiative to promote handloom products in their movies.
12:51 IST Friday, 7 August 2015
PM Modi urges people to use handloom in daily lives. He stresses on the importance of making it popular among the youth. PM congratulated the Tamil Nadu government for hosting such event.
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Besides launching the Handloom day, the Prime Minister will also present Sant Kabir awards and National Awards for handloom weavers for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 on the occasion. Police have sanitised the venue --Centenary Auditorium of Madras University-- and have since Thursday taken the premises under their control with traffic restrictions around the venue.
Earlier, he was received at the airport by Governor K Rosaiah and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, among others.
Jayalalithaa presented the Prime Minister with a bouquet on his arrival. This is the Prime Minister's first visit to the Tamil Nadu capital since he assumed office.
Flags of AIADMK and BJP were seen in some of the places through which the Prime Minister's cavalcade passed. Tight vigil is being maintained all over the city in view of Modi's visit with multiple layers of security having been put up on the occasion. Top police officials are directly supervising the security arrangements.
This is PM Modi's first full stint visit in Chennai. Modi's only earlier visit here was when he made a brief stopover and had a 15-minute meeting with Jayalalithaa at the airport in June last year.
An exhibition showcasing master creations of the awardees is also being inaugurated on the occasion in the adjacent senate building of Madras University.
Prime Minister Modi is likely to meet the Chief Minister at her Poes Garden residence.
With agency inputs
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