Under the aegis of National Mission on Himalayan Studies; CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh conducted awareness programme on "Organic waste management and avenues of rural entrepreneurship through improvisation of the traditional practices of night soil composting in dry toilets" in three villages viz., Ghoshal, Mooling and Tandi across Keylong in Lahaul valley. The CSIR-IHBT scientist met the beneficiaries of "Compost Booster- a microbial formulation for rapid degradation of night soil" and got feedback about the product. Looking at the success of the compost booster, the social bodies from the villages have placed fresh demand for the supply of the product under material transfer agreement. So far demand of 3,500 kg of the booster have been placed and some local entrepreneurs have shown interest in the setting up of the production unit of the product
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