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Tamil Nadu
Trust keen on technology transfer
Staff Reporter
DINDIGUL: With considerable achievements in sanitary napkin manufacturing technology, the Gandhigram Trust has started transferring its technology to other parts of the country to improve menstrual hygiene among rural women, said M.R. Rajagopalan, Managing Trustee of the trust.
Talking to press persons here on Tuesday, he said that the trust has a tie-up with the Government of Nagaland and has installed a napkin production unit at the office building of Science and Technology in Kohima to impart training to the people of the State.
The Government of Nagaland has also assured to have a closer relationship with the trust and work together to ensure transfer of technology. It would also establish a model unit to transfer the technology to service organisations for effective propagation among people living in remote and inaccessible areas, he added. With the support of Rural Technology Action Group (IIT-Madras) and Department of Science Technology, the trust, had developed appropriate manufacturing technology for the production of cheap and affordable napkins with high quality, said secretary K. Shivakumar.
Dr. R. Kousalya Devi said that many were uncomfortable when menstrual hygiene was was discussed in public. Menstrual hygiene was not only a problem of individuals but also a social and human rights issue. In rural areas, use of sanitary napkins was still considered a luxury, she said.
“Waste and dirty clothes were being used as napkins and this resulted in reproductive and urinary tract infections. Effective propagation of napkins would improve menstrual hygiene,” she added. The trust had established five units in different parts of the country, particularly in the north-eastern states.
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