Kunal has always been a restless child. Studying for him was something he never planned on to do. So even after graduating from high school and giving his board examination, he didn't plan on doing engineering. Unlike his elder brother who did engineering got a job in an MNC and is settled abroad with a ransom salary, Kunal was nothing compared to him. At the age of 18, he declared at home that he is quitting his engineering coaching.
Engineering and Medical coaching is a trend in a small industrial town like Jamshedpur. With the literacy rate of 99 %, Jamshedpur boasts a high number of students enrolling into medical and engineering colleges. The situation has become so intense that 8 out of 10 students will opt for one of the two.
Kunal wasn't interested in the trend, he enrolled for a diploma and said he wanted to do something of his own. So he did. He is one of the local entrepreneurs the city has seen. Even though Jamshedpur is an industrial city and very few entrepreneurs venture for the risk to bring up a local tissue paper manufacturing factory.
A paper tissue factory can be started in one room with just one machine. At once, only one labourer is required in the process of the making. The raw material is also minimal, a paper roll of 100 kilograms, packaging material and if needed ink for printing logos. The materials are all supplied from New Delhi and the finished product is transported locally as well as across the State.
When Kunal began his factory two years ago, the demand for tissue paper was mostly from restaurants or hotels. Then, 70% of the revenue was from sales across the restaurant in the city itself. However, with the Pandemic situation couples with the JUSCO'S "Go Green" campaign, there has been a rise in the demand for paper tissues. "People have become more eco-friendly and they do not want to use plastic due to the virus scare", Says Kunal.
Watch the video to know more about how the tissue paper is made:
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