Prof designs coconut leaf straws, bags orders from abroad

Bengaluru | Sunday | 12th January, 2020

Summary:

Now he received orders for 10 million straws to be sent abroad by January end. In 2018, when Prof Saji Varghese noticed a coconut tree drop its leaves on the college campus, he thought of their use. “Each year a coconut tree naturally loses an average of six leaves. I carried out a study and found out that coconut leaves are just burnt unused in rural areas. He said coconut leaflets can be rolled into straws and they retain their shape..