KADAPA COUPLE SHOWS A 'THREAD' OF SUSTAINABILITY TO RURAL WOMEN
The New Indian Express Tadepalligudem|December 22, 2024
The couple, who set up the first banana fibre manufacturing unit in AP, has so far developed 25 biodegradable products, including handicrafts, paper, cardboard, biofertilisers & cutlery
VIDYA DUSI @Vijayawada

Generally, banana farmers dump stems after the crop harvest, causing a waste disposal problem. The potential of the eco-waste had gone untapped for quite a long time.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Pullagura Sreenivasulu and Chennu Anandakumari, a couple from Kadapa district, had come up with an innovative idea to utilise it for eco-friendly products, besides showing an effective solution to the agri-waste disposal problem.

Fuelled by the idea of finding eco-friendly solutions, they left nine-to-five jobs, and decided to turn their vision into reality. What started as a simple idea to repurpose banana waste has since evolved into a transformative initiative, empowering banana farmers and rural women.

This story is from the December 22, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Tadepalligudem.

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