Cloth-based sanitary napkin launched at Nayagaon

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 21

A team of the Enactus Dr SS Bhatnagar, University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Panjab University, in collaboration with the Developing Indigenous Resources-India and Versatile Group, Ludhiana, launched reusable, cost-effective and eco-friendly cloth-based sanitary napkins under Project Uday, at Janata Colony, Nayagaon, today.

A team of more than 50 student members came forward to raise concerns surrounding the challenges that affect the health and welbeing of women and girls due to the lack of hygienic menstrual products.

The team started working on reusable cloth-based sanitary napkins that could be an affordable and eco-friendly alternative to generic plastic based sanitary napkins available in the market.

The special fabric for sanitary napkins is being sponsored by Versatile Group under its CSR project.

The product is approximately 70-80 per cent cheaper than the ones conventionally available in the market and is tested upon various parameters by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).