The Swachh Bharat Urban and Rural programmes of the Ministry
of Urban Development and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation have approved
vending machines and incinerators by healthcare product manufacturing company
HLL Lifecare Limited, based in Thiruvananthapuram. In more than 150 government
and aided schools, these equipments will be installed based on a joint venture
between HLL and the panchayats of the city.
Other than supplying sanitary napkins, HLL which is a
not-for-profit organization, under the Hindustan Latex Family Planning
Promotion Trust (HLFPPT) also organizes napkin awareness programmes across the
country. The project will be inaugurated by Kerala Power Minister Kadakampally
Surendran at the Central Stadium and the program will also be attended by Education
Minister C Raveendranath, District panchayat chief V K Madhu and HLL CMD RP
Khandelwal.
"Even though napkins are necessary for the health and
hygiene of women, the usage in India is very low compared to many other
developing countries. There are still a large number of village women in India
who are hesitant to go to shops and buy napkins," said Khandelwal.
This move is approved under the Swatch Bharat Urban and
Rural programmes of the Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Drinking
Water and Sanitation. The new machines called VENDIGO are to be installed at
schools in Palade, Nedumangad, Vithura, Neyyatinkara, Kattakada, Venganoor,
Maranalloor, Malayinkeezhu, Balaramapuram, Parassala and Aryanadu areas. HLL
also installed machines at colleges, offices, hospitals, and hostels, Kochi
Naval base and Kerala High Court. Other than Kerala these are also
installed at Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and West
Bengal.
VENDIGO machines are designed to dispense sanitary napkins
at the touch of a button and inserting coins. It dispenses a pack of 3 at a
time and works round the clock.
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