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AGRA, INDIA, February 26, 2012 (maktoobnews): Necessity is the mother of invention. When the war against pollution to save the Taj Mahal affected many factories and jobs here in the 1990s, hundreds of men and women took to repairing and facelifting old saris. Now it has turned into a booming industry and their skills are in high demand.
The trick is simple – old and used saris are turned into brand new products thanks to agile and artful hands that breathe life into a discarded six-yard wonder, even banarasis and kanjivarams.
Over years, workers have acquired the art of repairing and face-lifting old saris into new, washed, ironed and attractively packed to sell it at low prices in smaller towns and cities through an efficient network of traders. The refurbished saris look good and are sold at low prices.