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Geotextiles to be used for strengthening of roads

KOCHI: Minister for Cooperation G. Sudhakaran said on Saturday that coir geotextiles would be used to strengthen the sides of public works department (PWD) roads.

Inaugurating the State-level distribution of the products of Coir Corporation through cooperative societies and cooperative banks here at the district cooperative bank, he said Minister for Public Works Mons Joseph had agreed to make amends in the public works rules to facilitate the use of geotextiles.

Mr. Sudhakaran said a decision on fair price for coir products and fair wages to coir workers would be taken at a meeting scheduled for Monday. The Minister said that if big manufacturers disagree on the issue, the government would implement the decision unilaterally.

Mr. Sudhakaran said that both small and large-scale manufacturers should cooperate to hike the wages of workers. Depots acting as commission agents between big producers and cooperative societies would be shut down, he said.

The Minister said the local self-government bodies had the responsibility to give information on the existence or opening of any such depots.

Distress purchase would be resorted to if coir produced by the cooperative societies remained unsold. But, low quality stuff would not be accepted at any cost.

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