A team from DAMC, FCBL, RSEBL and Norgaygang Gewog administration visited Tode in
Kalimpong District under West Bengal from 11-13 December, 2024 to assess the Cardamom
Dryer and grading unit installed at the Common Facility Center in Tode Pala, India.
Tode is located at 80 kms from Nagarkata junction on NH317 in India and takes 2.5 hours to
reach by motorable road. It has over 600 households and more than 9000 population.
The team met with the committee members and operators of the Cardamom dryer machine.
The machine is managed by the Tode-Tangta-Jaldhaka REH Industrial Cooperative Society
Ltd.
The Dryer for Tode was installed as a grant as part of the development of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises by the state government of West Bengal.
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