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Bathinda: In the border villages of Punjab and Haryana, the colours of traditional handicraft Phulkari are now visible in the lives of women as a sign of self-reliance. By joining the Phulkari project started by HMEL (HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited), women of 11 villages around the Punjab-Haryana border are moving towards self-reliance by reviving this extinct handicraft, including Satveer Kaur of village Ramsaran and Manpreet of Mahinagal, who have emerged as an example of women empowerment. They themselves organized 153 women in the villages of Punjab and Haryana and made them self-reliant by training them in flower cultivation. Due to this, villages like Pakka Kalan Tigri, which were once known for Phulkari, are now seeing this traditional handicraft alive again in these villages. Now both of them are becoming master trainers by going to 11 villages of Punjab and Haryana like Ramsaran, Mahinangal, Laleyana, Pakka Kalan, Machhana, Jujal, Desu Malkana, Malkana, Tigri, Norang etc. and organizing women and giving them training in Phulkari.
2 exposure visits of 21 artisans and 9 workers have also been organized to encourage them under the Phulkari project in Rajasthan and Delhi. Apart from this, a sewing center has also been started for stitching floral products. After giving training on Phulkari, an exhibition was also organized in Bengaluru in which the products made by them were displayed. As part of the marketing activity, some women trained in Phulkari also participated in the exhibition Lok Sanvardhan Parv organized by the Ministry of Minority Affairs at Delhi Haat. There is a plan to include 150 more women in the Phulkari project in the financial year 2024-25, for which women support groups are being organized and trained in villages.