Karnataka: After ban on plastics, detention center inmates are making paper and material bags - economic instances

BENGALURU: Sensing a chance in Karnataka's contemporary ban on plastics, the state's prisons branch has all started practising inmates in making paper and fabric baggage that at the moment are in super demand. HN Sathyanarayana Rao, Director regular of Police (Prisons), advised ET that several organizations have approached the department for the paper and fabric baggage being made by means of prisoners seeing that the effort all started last month. The paper bags are on display at Parappana Agrahara critical prison off Hosur highway.

"The prisons in the state are overflowing with inmates. We need to use them for productive work," Rao stated.a few prisoners within the city are already engaged in work such as making and promoting bakery products and clothes.

"Many shopkeepers are looking for options to plastic baggage and so we began to make paper, material and jute luggage. this may help the prisoners birth a livelihood with minimal investment as soon as they go away the penit entiary," Rao referred to. "We began this primary in Parappana Agrahara principal jail and may regularly prolong it to different jails in the state."

A senior penitentiary of ficial at Parappana Agrahara detention center, requesting anonymity , noted the department turned into in talks with paper producers for procuring excellent paper. "We need to deliver out the most advantageous-first-class luggage with trend aspects," this legit referred to. "Bakery products made within the penitentiary have turn into a success.The paper luggage should be yet another milestone."