Tribal women ensured better livelihood by marketing broomsticks
The Hindu
A marketing initiative taken by the District Administration has paved way for the upliftment of tribal communities in the Ramaranai tribal settlement at Talamalai Panchayat in the Talavadi Hills. The
A marketing initiative taken by the District Administration has paved way for the upliftment of tribal communities in the Ramaranai tribal settlement at Talamalai Panchayat in the Talavadi Hills. The tribal women here make broomsticks and have now started to earn Rs. 750 to Rs. 1,000 a day. Until now, the women harvested broom grass from the forest area, dried it, and sold it through the Village Forest Committee (VFC) for Rs. 20 a kg, with which three broomsticks could be made. Intermediaries purchased from the VFC and sold it at Rs. 60 a kg in Sathyamangalam and Bhavanisagar areas, after which it is converted as a broomstick and sold for over Rs. 150 apiece. The Ramaranai settlement — with 22 families comprising 67 members — belongs to the Sholaga community and depends on Minor Forest Produce (MFP) and farm produce from their smallholdings. The settlement is located one km away from Talamalai – Dhimbam forest road inside the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR).More Related News