Industries Minister to inaugurate a slew of projects at Coir Corporation office
The Hindu
Industries and Coir Minister P. Rajeeve will inaugurate a slew of projects at the Coir Corporation office in Alappuzha on Tuesday.
Industries and Coir Minister P. Rajeeve will inaugurate a slew of projects at the Coir Corporation office here on Tuesday.
The Minister will launch the research and product design centre, renovated export division, training centre, coir park, international display centre and air-conditioned auditorium at 5 p.m.
While the product design centre is aimed at creating new designs, the training centre will equip coir workers to create products in line with market trends. The Coir Corporation will train around 500 people in the first phase. The State government has sanctioned ₹1 crore for the training programme for which the curriculum was prepared with the help of National Institute of Design, Kerala State Institute of Design, experts and so on.
P.P. Chitharanjan, MLA, will preside. A.M. Ariff, MP, H. Salam, MLA, Coir Development director V.R. Vinod, Coir Corporation chairman G. Venugopal and others will attend. .
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.