Question

The Siricilla Tragedy in Andhra Pradesh refers to the severe distress faced by which group?

Options

• PSU employees removed after disinvestment

• Handloom weavers who lost their livelihoods

• Workers in foreign exchange reserve banks

• Cash crop farmers who lost export markets

Answer 1

The Siricilla Tragedy in Andhra Pradesh refers to the plight of handloom weavers who lost their livelihoods as small units could not withstand post-reform competition. It became a symbol of the human cost of industrial restructuring.