PHE and Gramodyog Minister Guru Rudra Kumar inaugurated a sanitary napkin production Centre in Narayanpur headquarters on Thursday.
On the occasion, the minister said it’s a commendable effort of the government and administration to provide employment to tribal women and make them aware towards importance of hygiene.
The Centre is being operated under Antyavsayi Training Centre.
The minister distributed cheques amounting Rs 3 lakh as financial aid for self-employment to six youths, under various schemes of antyavsayi. He also distributed sewing machines to eight women, according to a government source.
Meanwhile, safety equipments were also distributed to woman labourers under schemes of Labour Department. PHE Minister was on day-long visit to Narayanpur.
Collector PS Elma informed that 30 tribal women have been given training to manufacture low-cost sanitary napkins. Sanitary napkin manufacturing machine costs around Rs 7.50 lakh. Women are provided training through computer-based projector, which costs around Rs 3.50 lakh.
He informed that raw materials supplied from capital city Raipur are used. Main objective of this initiative is to provide them employment and to create menstrual hygiene awareness.