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Tamil Nadu starts pilot to get textiles from banana fibre
28 Jan '21
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The Tamil Nadu government has assigned a ₹400-crore research project for manufacturing textiles and medicine from banana fibre and stem to a private company, according to state chief minister K Palaniswami. Once the project is successful, the income of banana-growers would double, he said. Aerospace scientist Mylswamy Annadurai is assisting the project.
He was recently addressing an election campaign gathering in Mettupalayam, a major banana cultivation area in the Coimbatore district, according to media reports from the state.
Annadurai, a former director of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), had described the utility of the fibre in making dhotis and shirts, and the stem to make medicines.
Banana is also a major crop in Thottiam, Musiri and Lalgudi in Trichy district where it is cultivated on 25,000 acres next to paddy, pulses and oilseeds.
He was recently addressing an election campaign gathering in Mettupalayam, a major banana cultivation area in the Coimbatore district, according to media reports from the state.
Annadurai, a former director of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), had described the utility of the fibre in making dhotis and shirts, and the stem to make medicines.
Banana is also a major crop in Thottiam, Musiri and Lalgudi in Trichy district where it is cultivated on 25,000 acres next to paddy, pulses and oilseeds.
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