Minister opens sanitary pad-making unit

Tribune News Service

Mohali, March 8

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu today inaugurated the Mohali-based RoungGlass Foundation’s third sanitary pad-manufacturing facility at Manauli village.

The facility would help in breaking menstrual taboos an empowering rural women in the district.

Sidhu: “Addressing health and hygiene needs is critical for the empowerment of women in Punjab. By opening this facility, the RoundGlass Foundation is providing rural women in the area easy access to affordable sanitary pads, thereby fulfilling their basic hygiene requirements. The women who operate the unit will also gain an understanding of running an efficient and self-sustaining business.”

Speaking on the occasion Prerana Langa, India Head, RoundGlass Foundation, said: “The unit has been equipped with a semi-automated machine that will use biodegradable raw material to produce 800 pads every day. She said a self-help group of 10 women from Manauli village, trained by the foundation, will run the facility, managing everything from production to sales and marketing in nearby villages.”