Minister for Agriculture, Handlooms and Textiles Tummala Nageswara Rao said that a sanitary napkin-making unit would be established by the Telangana State Handloom Weavers’ Cooperative Society (TSCO) for distribution in schools and colleges.
At a review meeting held here on Friday with officials of Industries, Agriculture, Marketing, Handlooms and Textiles departments, he wanted the authorities to set up food processing units in every district to minimise loss by making use of soaked grain due to untimely rain by using the damaged grain for bio-manure and bio-mass too.
Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, Managing Director of Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd E. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Director Handlooms and Textiles Alagu Varshini V.S., Director Horticulture K. Ashok Reddy, Director of Agricultural Marketing G. Lakshmi Bai, and Director of Industries G.S. Malsur, attended the meeting.