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Screwpine mat weaving is an ancient craft and cottage industry. Now a days the crafts have been diversified from mere mat to plenty of daily utility items. Designers gave skill up gradation training to the traditional artisanal women, enabling them to learn how to make value-added products.

Besides bed mats, the artisans are now making products like vanity bags, carry-bags, wastepaper baskets, newspaper holders, laundry boxes, files, interior decoration items etc. The artisans get training in planting of screwpine, collection of the leaves once in three months without harming the plant, management of raw material, dyeing using both eco-free and permitted dyes as well as organic dyes, stitching and splicing of the leaves, fumigating, packing etc which makes them professionally competent to meet international demands.