Bengaluru, March 10 -- High local orders may push Govt. to temporarily stop online sales

The huge demand for traditional Mysore Silk sarees produced by Government-run Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Limited dominated discussions in the State Assembly yesterday, with legislators across party lines urging the Government to increase production and strengthen the historic institution.

The discussion culminated in Sericulture Minister K. Venkatesh announcing that the State Government had dropped the proposal of building a stadium inside the KSIC's Filature Factory (silk thread reeling unit) premises at T. Narasipur. The Factory is the mother unit that supplies thread to the weaving units in Mysuru and Channapatna.

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