The newly set up tamarind processing center, Umang Rural Service Center was inaugurated in Banaburu village of Bundu Block by Additional Chief Secretary of Rural Development, NN Sinha here on Friday.
The center is run by the female workforce of Sakhi Mandal. The all female workforce of Sakhi Mandal are revving up to process tamarind and sell it in the market. From the collection and processing of tamarind to the packaging and selling of tamarind in the market, is entirely looked after by the women of this center.
The Sakhi Mandal is supported by Jharkhand State livelihood Mission Society. Eleven productive groups out of the members of the Sakhi Mandal will be formed in order to start the work. There are nearly three hundred women who will be involved in the tamarind-making process. According to the statistics, the production of tamarind this year was limited to thirty-seven quintals. It is assumed that the production of tamarind in the coming year is likely to be somewhere between fifty to seventy quintals.
Currently there are 15 women who are responsible for the functioning of the center. Every woman devotes at least four hours in a day to the centre.
Addressing the women of the center, N N Sinha said “Our success depends on preparedness and you are making good preparation. I hope that all of us together will create new roads for economic development in the village and connect the production activities to every household.”