India, March 26 -- Mizoram Governor Vijay Kumar Singh has called for a strategic overhaul of the state's sericulture sector, describing it as an untapped economic powerhouse capable of transforming the state into India's "silk capital," Lok Bhavan sources said on Wednesday.

Speaking at the grand fashion show titled "Tlangro: The Mizoram Silk Runway" on Tuesday evening in Aizawl, the Governor underscored that Mizoram possesses the unique natural advantage of producing all four major silk varieties: mulberry, eri, muga, and oak tasar, the sources said.

The event, jointly organised by the Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, the Mizoram Sericulture Department, and the National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC),...