varanasi weaving in the banarasi sari and textile industry remained suspended for the eleventh consecutive day on monday as weavers remained rigid to continue their murriband strike despite assurance of state government for power tariff on flat rates after stopping billing on meter reading basisthe district administration has warned protesters to avoid staging demonstrations with mass gatherings or taking out processions in view of covid19 scare and raise their demands through talksbunkar biradarana tanzeem chaudahos sardar maqbool hassan said since the beginning of our murribandh strike in september we have only three demands first one is to restore flat rate power tariff system for weavers second to realise the tariff for months between january and july on flat rate like till 2019end and third to withdraw all firs and recovery challans restore power connections of weavers whose supply was disconnectedthe government had agreed to fulfil all the demands in 15 days but an order was issued on just one demand of stopping the billing on meter reading basis while other demands were not attended hassan addedwe do not want any confrontation with the government and our demands are not politically motivated we are struggling for the survival of this industry he saidthe strike will continue till our demands are met or talks are held to find amicable solutions to our problems he addedin view of the restrictions on protests amid covid19 outbreak district magistrate kaushal raj sharma had asked weavers to send their delegation for discussing their issues with handloom power and other departments concernedthe dm said many restrictions of covid guidelines have been violated during weavers protest and though the administration did not initiate any action but their activities are being monitoredhe said chief engineer of purvanchal vidyut vitaran nigam limited additional director handlooms and adm city have been nominated to hold discussions with weavers for resolving their problems