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The workshop covered Eri Silk production, boiling, draining, yarn reeling, bobbin rolling, weaving and dying. Around 50 and more farmers and Entrepreneurs benefitted from the programme while also receiving training and rearing equipments trays to support scientific eri silk rearing practices. Sanre G Momin, DD Sericulture, Shillong in her address emphasised that Eri Silk which was also known as 'Peace Silk' or Ahimsa Silk which has its roots in Meghalaya and Assam border is extracted safely without harming the Eri Worm. "This wondrous process of extracting Silk from Eri worm echoes Meghalaya's deep rooted belief in Ahimsa", added Sanre Momin