A garment factory operated by women in a village in Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-hit Dantewada district will make uniforms of the Central Reserve Police Force, PTI reported quoting a government official. The ‘Nava Dantewada Garment Factory’ was inaugurated by Chhattisgarh’s Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday.

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“In Dantewada, which has witnessed several Naxal incidents and where there was no employment except in mines, today our sisters are getting trained and making various types of readymade garments, including high-quality jackets, shirts and kurtas,” the CM said, who was on a two-day to the tribal-dominated district.

Such a kind of factory does not even exist in the state capital Raipur, he said.

“The hard work of our sisters will soon change the picture of Dantewada and will give a new identity to the region,” Baghel added.

The factory was established recently by locals in Haaram village under Geedam development block with the support of the district administration, employs members of nearly 300 families from the area.

It was set up on five acres of land with an investment of Rs 1.92 crore.

Operated by Bihan women’s group, the unit will manufacture clothes under the brand name ‘DANNEX’, an abbreviation for Dantewada Next, the public relations department official said.

The factory has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for selling its products, PTI reported quoting the government official.

As part of the contract with the CRPF, the factory will manufacture uniforms of the force, which is deployed in the state for anti-Naxal operations, he said.

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Similar units will also be set up in Dantewada city, Barsur village and Bacheli town, which will provide employment to nearly 1,000 families in the district.