Jharkhand to set up country's first Khadi mall: CM
Ranchi, July 1: The first 'Khadi Mall' of the country will be opened here soon, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das announced on Sunday.
"Within 15 days, land in the Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) campus will be made available to the Khadi Board to develop the country's first Khadi mall," he said while addressing the 'Karigar Panchayat' organized by the Khadi Board at the Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium here.
Noting that handicrafts were being accorded priority in the state, Das said: "People in the villages are talented and so far 1.13 lakh artisans have been registered to be trained to make goods as per the needs of the market."
It will bring a changes in their lives and the government will also provide markets to them, he added.
Das said that the artisans would be provided technological aid for value addition in their products, while rural, urban and tourism 'haats' will provide them markets for their goods.
He said that through the initiative of the Khadi Board, many people in the rural area have got jobs and the board was also providing them with markets.
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Activa rider dies in collision with car near Puttur
Puttur: A man lost his life in an accident involving a car and an Activa scooter at Purusharakatte on Saturday night.
The deceased has been identified as Ganesh, a Holige trader from Indira Nagar, Purusharakatte. The accident occurred when a car traveling towards Puttur collided with Ganesh's Activa, which was coming from the opposite direction.
The impact of the collision threw Ganesh and his vehicle into a roadside drain, leaving him with severe injuries. He was initially taken to Puttur Hospital and later shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru, where he succumbed to his injuries despite receiving treatment.
