AGARTALA, Aug 8 (TIWN): While addressing in a seminar about rubber industrialization, Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Deb Barman mentioned that rubber cultivation has changed Tripura Jana-Jati people’s lives.

He said, due to this industrialization, people have started earning and lifestyles have been changed a lot.

The Deputy CM assured that in  coming more rubber industry will grow further.

Rubber-based industrial units for products like rubber thread, tread rubber, rubber compound, rubber band etc. have already come up in the State. Presently, about 12,000 TPA of Rubber is being utilised within the State which is about 24% of total rubber production.

In order to further accelerate the process of setting up of rubber-based industries in the State, a Rubber Park with a project cost of Rs.23.00 crores has been established at Bodhjungnagar over an area of about 60 acres of land with technical support from Rubber Board. All common facilities including Centralised Quality Control Laboratory, Training Centre, Tool Room, Centralised Latex & Carbon Black Master batch Unit, Warehouse for Raw Material Storage, Common Effluent Treatment Plant etc have been created for rubber-based industries.