Slum women come up with alternative to plastic bags

Vadodara | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

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While the homemakers have found an alternative to plastic bags to carry vegetables, the women living in slums have got additional income from the bags. Initially the women made six to seven bags and we shared the images on social media,” said Juin Dutta, founder-president of the trust. Vadodara: After Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) banned plastic bags, Nikita Gangadharan, who lives in Sama, had a tough time to segregate vegetables from her cloth bag. “We had randomly received an image of a bag having multiple pockets so we thought if ‘Churni’ can also make bags. The brand’s motto behind the idea of these bags was to reduce the plastic which resulted in win-win situation for all..