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Adilabad Ranjan pots selling like hot cakes
With the onset of the hot and blazing summer, the demand for the earthen pots has shot up as they are being sold like hot cakes in the district. In spite of the fact the technology has developed by leaps and bounds with people using refrigerators for storing water, the demand for potters and pottery has not come down one bit. The water pots made out of mud are the poor man’s fridge.
Nizamabad: With the onset of the hot and blazing summer, the demand for the earthen pots has shot up as they are being sold like hot cakes in the district. In spite of the fact the technology has developed by leaps and bounds with people using refrigerators for storing water, the demand for potters and pottery has not come down one bit. The water pots made out of mud are the poor man’s fridge.
Around 1,000 families in Adilabad district are making earthen pots in the name of Ranjan pots to eke out their livelihood and these are in great demand even in the neighboruing districts like Nizamabad and Kamareddy. Besides, they are of export quality as people of other states like Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra and Chattisgargh are also buying them and the traders are making lot of profits on them. Each pot is being sole for Rs 100, according to reports.
The ‘Ranjan’ pots are being purchased by people in large numbers in Adilabad town and also in the other neighbouring mandals like Bangaruguda, Bela, Utnoor, Ichhoda and Neredigonda. There are around 400 families in Anukunta and Bangaruguda villages and another 150 families in Kumarithanda hamlet in Utnoor mandals are deeply engrossed in the making of earthen Ranjan pots. The water stored in these pots is quite cold and give relief to the people. Furthermore, people believe that they would remain healthy by drinking the water stored in the earthen pots.
The process of making these pots starts in the month of January and to make 1,000 pots they have to spend Rs 45,000. They mix up horse’s waste and the sand obtained from the dried up ponds and make a paste out of it. Later, they burn it.
Speaking to The Hans India here on Tuesday, R Rajanna, a potter said that they have been making pots for the last 50 years to ek out their livelihood. They said that to buy the material for making pots, they were forced to take money from money lenders at high rates of interest. He appealed to the State government and bankers to come to their rescue in sanctioning loans.
