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September 25, 2025

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HARIDAS: MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE COCONUT BROOMS
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Haridas, Pathuchira, Kollangod, Palakkad.  Mob: 9447360244, 9539883250

His broom is capable of not only sweeping the floor, but can even be used for breaking a coconut. That is because of the strength of the ring used as its handle. Not only that.  This coconut-leaf based broom is flexible enough to be bent.

Haridas of Pathuchira, Kollangod, Palakkad, innovated the lowly broom to make it more user-friendly and long-lasting initially for his own personal use.  Once the design was done, he started thinking of making it into business.

Because he is from Pathuchira, he had branded the broom also as Pathuchira.  However, based on feedback from a cine artiste, the name has been subsequently changed to Thooval.

The raw material for its production is supplied by about 250 senior women who collect the same from coconut leaves available with them.  Thus, these old women between 60 and 80 years of age, who are incapable of earning some money otherwise, have been provided a job and a small income.

The broom is in demand in other districts of Kerala and even outside.  There are brooms of various lengths to make the sweeping suitable for the user without bending the spine.

 

King Bros Media, February 2025

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