Summary:
more-inThe two new coir clusters recently set up at Uthiyur and Puliyampatti through government and beneficiary contributions is all set to provide employment to 320 artisans and increase the turnover from the said regions by ?10 crore this financial year. Special purpose vehiclesTo streamline activities, Special Purpose Vehicles have been constituted in two clusters with the representation of beneficiaries and officials from the Coir Board and ITCOT Consultancy Services. Common facility centresAs part of the cluster activities, common facility centres were set up at both the clusters where the artisans could collectively use provisions such as fibre extraction equipment, growbag manufacturing gadgets and pith block making facility, among others. The numbers of units involved in the manufacturing of various coir products too were expected to go up by another 10 to 20 units in each of the clusters because of the enhanced support. Similarly, the cluster activities at Puliyampatti region would be catapulting the turnover from the present ?34.06 crore to a projected ?39.16 crore in the current financial year through a combination of exports as well as domestic sale of products like coir pith and coir growbag..