The State authorities’s resolution to ban plastic flex banners from November 1 could have despatched the producers of publicity materials right into a tizzy, however has come as a nice shock for material banner makers who’ve till now been ruing their destiny with no takers for his or her wares.

Artists making material banners was in demand until 20 years in the past, getting ready banners for upcoming movies and for election conferences, recall painters. All that modified with the arrival of digital flex banners, which swiftly changed the material banners. Now, solely a miniscule variety of artists proceed to supply material banners, with most of them having migrated to greener pastures.

Artists and painters in Prakasam district at the moment are hopeful of higher days forward. ‘‘Many people have eschewed art work and have settled for menial jobs after the proliferation of plastic flex printing items,” mentioned Okay. Suresh Babu of the Andhra Pradesh Artists and Painters Affiliation.

Thanking Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for taking the daring resolution to ban plastic flexis underneath the Atmosphere (Safety) Act, Mr. Suresh Babu mentioned, ‘‘Now, we see our previous glory returning to the material banner sector.”

“We use environmentally pleasant colors to design the banners,’‘ mentioned E. Venu Babu, an artist working with a number of others to breathe life into a pretty material banner on the busy Krishna Theatre centre. “We learnt the artwork work over a time period working underneath senior artists. We cost ₹200 per metre, relying on the message to be written on the banner,” mentioned one other artist Srinivasa Rao of Sindhu Arts.

The YSR Nadu Nedu scheme has additionally come as a lift to the artists who’ve been engaged in giving a facelift to varsities by portray the images of nationwide leaders on the partitions, with many staff affirming that they have been now receiving extra work after a very long time.