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Coir Board to boost geo textiles usage and research

28 Jun '17

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To boost research and commercial use of coir geo textiles, Coir Board of India is all geared up for collaboration with an Australian University and Australian Research Council. In an attempt to increase the production of geo textiles of the Coir Board, the Central Coir Research Institute (CCRI), Kerala has developed a fully automatic powerloom.

The collaborative project with the University of Wollongong in Australia and the Australian Research Council is aimed at improving the usage of geo textiles by using it in road construction activities and railway projects. Geo-textiles are widely used for filtration and separation in road constructions, to prevent migration and mingling of materials, yet allowing free movement of water. The Cochin University of Science and Technology will act as the negotiator for the project, coir board chairman CP Radhakrishnan told a leading daily.

Collaboration with Australia will increase the scope of geo textiles in various foreign markets, said Radhakrishnan.

India accounts for more than two-thirds of the global volume of coir and its products. Kerala accounts for 61 per cent of India's coconut production and 85 per cent of coir product. Every day, tens of thousands of women in Alappuzha, the coir capital of the world, carry heaps of coconut husks, the covering of the nut, feeding machines that turn them into thread. (RR)

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