West Bengal: Artisans struggle to meet huge demand for flag due to ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’

Demand for country wide flags has accelerated after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga campaign’.

The remarkable demand for the flags from across the country has pressured flag makers in West Bengal to spend sleepless nights in order to entire the humongous orders.

The artisans had to refuse in addition orders in order to meet the modern-day demand.

The ordinary tricolour makers said that after the Centre’s attraction for the Tiranga campaign, they acquired a big order from states like Bihar, Assam and Sikkim.

Rustam Mandal, an artisan said, “After the Prime Minister’s enchantment for the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ marketing campaign as a phase of celebrations of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ for India finishing 75 years of Independence, the demand for the flags had surpassed the demand of preceding years.”