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January 24, 2021 19:30 IST
Cloth, drug from banana plant: Firm to do research project
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Coimbatore, Jan 24 (PTI): The Tamil Nadu government has
entrusted a private firm with a Rs 400-crore research project
for manufacturing textiles and medicine from banana fibre and
stem, Chief Minister of the state K Palaniswami said on
Sunday.
Addressing an election campaign in Mettupalayam, a major
banana cultivation area in the district, he said former
director of ISRO Mayilsamy Annadurai had detailed about the
utility of the fibre in making dhotis and shirts, and the
stem to make medicines.
Once the project turns successful, the income of the
banana-growers would be doubled, Palaniswami said. PTI NVM
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