The Dalhousie Craft Market is coming to an end
Korand-e-Gharb has long been known as one of the pilot cities for the production and supply of metal handicrafts, especially knives in Iran.
The presence of a market with 18 stalls at the entrance of the city over the past years provided an opportunity for tourists to sell their products in addition to the tourists to become more familiar with the metal industry of the city.
But the good and best-selling days of these artists came to an end about five years ago, when the West Bank belt was put into operation and a large part of vehicle traffic was transferred to this route, and this change of direction, the market for exhibitors and handicrafts market This also caused problems for the city.
As the market in the market continued to stagnate, exhibitors asked the province’s cultural heritage officials to come up with a solution to the problem, which they did.
After much deliberation and consideration of all aspects, the cultural heritage officials decided to build a new bazaar along the city’s belt for artisan artists, but the implementation of this decision required funding and land with a suitable location.
But now, despite the fact that about three years have passed since those days, the construction of this project has not been completed yet.
The head of the Dalahou County Cultural Heritage Office told why the project was delayed: The problem in providing land and a suitable location for the construction of this project has been the main reason for the delay in its implementation.
Shahram Aliari added: During these few years, several plots of land were considered for the construction of this project, but in order to implement the project in each of them, problems such as unsuitable location or the impossibility of acquisition and change of use occurred.
He added: Based on the latest measures taken, we considered the land at the entrance of the belt suitable for the implementation of this project, and we are consulting with its personal owner so that we can own it.
According to the plans, we hope to be able to complete the land acquisition work and bring the project into the implementation phase, at least within the next month, said the Dalhousie’s director of cultural heritage.
Regarding the credit required for the implementation of this project, he said: The governor of Kermanshah has promised to allocate two billion tomans of credit for the construction of this project, and on the other hand, the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage will allocate funds.
Aliari added: Also, the handicraft artists of this city have formed a cooperative company, and part of the required credit will be contributed by these artists in the form of this cooperative.
He reminded: the current handicrafts market of this city has 18 booths, which due to its limited space, each booth has been assigned to two craftsmen, so with the construction of a new market that will have at least 100 booths, the problem of lack of space will be solved. .
The head of Dalahou Cultural Heritage said: We hope that the project of constructing a permanent handicraft market in West Kurdistan will be completed as soon as possible so that we can see the preservation of metal handicrafts in this city and on the other hand a suitable market for products produced by artists in these fields.