BHUBANESWAR: The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) under the MSME ministry has started a project for footwear manufacturing at Dasapalla in Nayagarh district on a pilot basis.
It got under way with a two-month training of 20 local leather artisans beginning Friday. They belong to two self-help groups (SHGs) of Dasapalla. “The master trainers of the Central Footwear Technology Institute, Agra, will train the artisans in new footwear design and manufacturing,” KVIC state director Samir Kumar Mohanty said. He added that their ancestors have been engaged in manufacturing leather articles since the 15th century.
