Home to vibrant enterprises, the unorganised handicrafts industry in continent’s biggest slum has finally received its seal of official recognition. The ministry of textiles has started the process of issuing thousands of identification cards to the potters in Kumbharwada in Dharavi.
The 1,200 families have kept the skill flourishing since the time their forefathers from Saurashtra first made the 12.5-acre land here their home. Next in line would be those employed in the leather manufacturing and embroidery units.
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