The Kudumbashree has registered a total sales turnover of ₹12.21 crore from the seventh edition of the National SARAS Mela that was held here recently.
The 12-day fair, from March 30 to April 10, was organised more than two years after the sixth edition was held in Kannur at the fag end of 2019. The turnover then was ₹9.76 crore.
From a turnover of ₹4.63 lakh on the first day of the fair, total sales kept soaring till they touched ₹2.47 crore on the last day of the fete. It had crossed the ₹2-crore mark on the penultimate day too. In five days, the sales turnover exceeded the ₹1-crore mark.