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Gulf returnees launch new product

Staff Reporter

KANNUR: The Kerala State Gulf Returnees' Welfare Association (KSGRWA) district unit will enter into marketing and manufacturing ventures in the current financial year.

In the first phase of its initiative in entrepreneurship, the association will market `Vijay' fabric whitener, a product of Gathi Group formed by members of the association.

Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy will formally launch the marketing of the new product at a function here on August 25.

Association district president M.V. Mohammed Najeeb and general secretary M.V. Raveendran said the new products such as distilled water, mosquito repellent coil and sandal sticks would be launched in the financial year.

A company named Pravasi Agro-Solution Pvt. Ltd. would be floated to collect biodegradable waste in town areas for treatment and production of organic manure, they said adding that a project report on this would be submitted to the Government and other agencies.

The association was also planning to start the first ever medical amusement park in the country in Kasaragod. A draft project had already been prepared, they said.

The association had already formed a charitable trust for offering assistance to financially weak Gulf returnees and their dependents, they added.

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