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G. Gurumurthy

Coimbatore , June 10

THE South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) is to commission this month its first commercial model of a pineapple fibre extraction plant in Tripura on behalf of a tribal women's NGO there.

Costing Rs 5 lakh, the five-unit extraction plant developed by SITRA is expected to serve a model plant which may pep demand for similar ventures in the North-Eastern region where a vast tract of pineapple farming.

The plant being dispatched to the North-Eastern State will be installed at Ambassa near Agartala on June 24, according to SITRA scientists.

SITRA has fabricated the pineapple leaf fibre extraction plant at the behest of the Assam Rifles of Tripura under the Ministry of Civil Action programme, which has sponsored the fibre extraction plant project for the Tripura-based NGO called Mushroom Growers Welfare Society.

The society members would be using the plant to produce the pineapple fibre, which would be used for diverse commercial application including value-added handicraft and handloom products.

The plant, capable of yielding 35 kg of leaf-fibre per 8-hour shift, can also produce yarns from other sources such as banana or sisal leaves.

This fibre extraction unit consists of the decorticating machine, fibre cleaner, carding machine and a single ply machine besides a rope-making machine.

According to SITRA scientists, the commercial viability of pineapple fibre extraction plant will be greater in the North-Eastern States whose combined pineapple acreage at about 88,000 hectares would provide sustained raw material supply to this kind of fibre extraction projects and aid rural income generation ventures for women.

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