NEW DELHI: Indian handicrafts will have a tableau of their own at the Republic Day Parade this year, the first-time the "rich cultural heritage" of this sector employing seven million people across the country is being showcased at the prestigious national celebration.
The Ministry of Defence selected the Indian Handicrafts tableau proposed by the Textiles Industry along with nine others out of 25 ministries that applied for the display of tableaux during the January 26 parade.
The Indian handicrafts tableau will be No. 14 in the order of the march at the parade.
"The tableau conveys that while the Indian handicraft sector is an unorganised, labour-intensive, decentralised industry, it provides employment to over 7 million artisans in rural and semi-urban ares," Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) S S Gupta said.
The tableau, designed by the National Centre for Design and Development, a national level design centre, will depict Kashmiri weavers weaving a 'Kaleen', North-East artists weaving a wooden basket, Chhattisgarh's 'Dhokra' artifacts, Delhi's mat-weaving specialty and toys made in Andhra Pradesh, among other handicrafts.
The cultural heritage of 20 states, including Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, would also be showcased. The tableau will also demonstrate the process of sourcing, retail and export of handicrafts under different approaches. A live demonstration of these processes will be given by 10 national awardees.
'Indian Handicrafts-Magic of Gifted Hands' is the logo adopted by the Textiles Ministry to promote indigenous crafts and culture and the floating of a tableau in the Republic Day Parade is the second such initiative for brand promotion of Indian handicrafts.
In November last year, the same logo was used during the Indian International Trade Fair (IITF) to focus on handicrafts created by local Indian craftsmen.
NEW DELHI: Traffic was thrown out of gear on Monday morning due to traffic diversions during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade.
The dress-rehearsal, which took place during peak hours on a week day, resulted in long tailbacks on NH-24, Ring Road, Mathura Road, Bhairon Road and Sarai Kale Khan. Traffic congestion was reported till about 1pm, when the parade ended.
The 8km parade route starts from Vijay Chowk at the foot of Raisina Hill to Red Fort, meandering via Rajpath, India Gate, Tilak Marg, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg and Netaji Subhash Marg. The parade, which started around 10am, resulted in gridlock in Dhaula Kuan, Sardar Patel Marg, Ram Manohar Lohia roundabout, Ashoka Road, Ferozshah Road, Mandi House, Connaught Place and Barakhamba Road.
Jams took place from Noida Mor to Indraprastha Park, Bhairon Road crossing to Sarai Kale Khan and Mathura Road W-point to Sunder Nagar crossing. Due to the diversions, a high volume of traffic was reported from DND flyover and Ashram Chowk.
"Traffic congestion was reported from ITO, Laxmi Nagar, Nizamuddin Bridge, Dhaula Kuan, Ring Road and areas around India Gate," said a senior traffic police officer.
Commuters complained it took more than double the time to reach office in the morning. "I left my Mayur Vihar residence at 10am but reached office at Lajpat Nagar only by noon. Usually it don't take me more than 40 minutes," said Neha, a commuter.
No traffic was allowed to ply from Vijay Chowk to India Gate on Rajpath from 5am to 12.30pm or cross Rajpath from 9.30am, including Rafi Marg, Janpath and Man Singh Road in central Delhi.
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