ENA State 2022-08-29 09:31:53 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Kolkata, Aug 29 (KNN)</strong> Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has appreciated local factories for manufacturing cane-like substance from hyacinths accumulated in the ponds in the city and use it for making baskets. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">They have decided to meet the MSME department and urge to take measures so that the water hyacinths in the ponds in the city can be used for manufacturing purposes. </span></p> <p><strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Mayor Firhad Hakim said that some factories in North 24-Parganas have been picking water hyacinths from ponds and are utilising the same for making a cane-like substance which is being used for making baskets. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">KMC is encouraging the local people to take up pisciculture in these waterbodies through cooeperative system against a payment to the corporation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">This will give a boost to employment and even maintain cleanliness. <em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 30347 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/state/kolkata-municipality-encourages-manufacturing-of-cane-basket-from-hyacinths 2022-08-29 09:31:53 knnindia.co.in