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“We are making x-ray covers and medicine covers to some of the hospitals in the city now. Their range of products also includes envelopes, medicine covers, X-ray covers etc.C I Varghese, founder and general secretary of the association, said that they had been making paper bags for the past 10 years. The organisation was formed with an aim to rehabilitate the blind people by giving training them in making of paper bags, lotions, soaps, candles, agarbathies, and cloth bags. Krishipura – an organic initiative in Technopark - is also promoting our product,” said Varghese.The association currently employs 11 people and each of the workers makes around 15 to 20 paper bags a day. An average of 20 minutes is required to make a paper bag.“We use two layers of newspapers with cardboard cuttings at the bottom..