Prayagraj: In a primary, a gaggle of 15 inmates of Kaushambi district jail have ready natural gulal from floral and vegetable extracts.
Superintendent of Kaushambi district jail, Ajitesh Mishra instructed TOI: “Inmates ready the pure gulal in 4 completely different colors utilizing rose, sunflower and marigold flowers in addition to juices of beetroot and spinach. After drying and grinding the flowers, the inmates blended them with beetroot and spinach juices and kewra oil for the pure perfume. It took round 15 days for the inmates to organize 60 kg gulal.”
Mishra mentioned aside from the 600 inmates of district jail, prisoners of different jails will even play Holi with this pure gulal.
Furthermore, packets of natural gulal have been dispatched to a number of govt departments. It’s going to even be provided to relations of inmates, mentioned Mishra
The official added: “Demand for pure and natural gulal has elevated manifold out there. From subsequent 12 months, we’d discover choices of promoting it in open markets.”
He defined that the jail premises incorporates adequate portions of sunflower, rose and marigold flowers. Fifteen chosen inmates accomplished the handbook means of drying, grinding and mixing floral extracts whereas including pure fragrances. Consultants are coaching the inmates throughout the jail to provide high-quality gulal and colors. The saffron, inexperienced, yellow, and pink gulal appeals to many resulting from its perfume, high quality and skin-friendly nature. The inexperienced gulal particularly entails drying, grinding and filtering spinach juice by means of a number of layers, with added sandalwood powder.
