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Wagah border to have khadi outlet

`Three other such outlets to be opened' `These outlets have been planned to give boost to the cottage industry in the State'

CHANDIGARH: The first ever sale outlet at the Wagah joint check post on the Indo-Pakistan border will be set up by the Punjab Village and Khadi Board by October end.

Besides Wagah, three other such outlets would be opened in the State -- at Shambhu at the Punjab-Haryana border post, Madhopur in Gurdaspur district adjoining J and K and Abohar, on the border with Rajasthan, the Board's chairman Charanjit Singh Walia said at a Press conference here on Tuesday.

These sale outlets, all to be opened next month, have been planned to give boost to the cottage industry in the state, he said.

Mr Walia also said that the Board would open 896 new units in the State for which subsidies up to Rs.10 crore have been sanctioned by both the State as well as the Central governments.

He said the Punjab Khadi Board was presently preparing to exhibit its products at the upcoming Khadi fair in Mumbai which would be organised in October to mark Gandhi Jayanti.

Mr Walia also noted that the Punjab Khadi Board was to recover nearly Rs.20 crore from the defaulters who failed to set up their respective units despite the loans granted to them.

``The amount to be recovered from the defaulters has declined from Rs.30 crore to Rs.20 crore in the last four years,'' he said.- UNI

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