Zardozi embroidery with gold zari, seed pearls, sequins and beads is mainly produced by Muslim craftsmen of Panchla with six basic designs – leaf, flower, bird, animal, geometric and filler.

This ornamental and dramatic embellishment is being used to create exclusive garments and accessories by leading fashion houses worldwide.

Once the popular every household handcraft Zari (designing female ware by colour threads with small beads, pipes, pieces of stone like materials, reflective small plates etc by special types of needle) work has faced drought due to big machines taken over basic designing process, though some hand work are still breathing its last air.

Zari workers now switched to roadside factories of 12-hours-a-day labour job or migrated to other states for construction or jwellery work.

Living cost is also getting higher for influx of skilled high paid workers from other states.