'Liquor bottles once meant torture for us as almost every home had an alcoholic, draining us emotionally and financially, but now we are able to do something useful with them,' said one of the women involved.
Pinky Devi, 30, remembers feeling helpless as her husband would come home drunk every evening, picking a fight and throwing the dinner to the ground.
“Bangles symbolize prosperity and good luck, and no married woman is seen without them. Liquor bottles once meant torture for us as almost every home had an alcoholic, draining us emotionally and financially, but now we are able to do something useful with them,” said Ms. Devi, whose husband has changed his drinking habits.
“The excise department regularly seizes liquor bottles that are dumped here and there. So we thought, how can we turn it into a livelihood opportunity? Can we convert the rich raw material of glass into something useful? That’s where the idea sprang from,” said Mahua Roy Choudhury, program co-ordinator, governance and knowledge management, at JEEViKA.
Women buy bangles at a bangle stall in Firozabad. Bangles are viewed as symbols of prosperity and good luck in India and are favoured by married women.Experts from Uttar Pradesh were brought in to train them. The products will be sold at rural markets and on e-commerce sites. The factory is fitted with three gas-operated furnaces that can make 80,000 bangles a day.
said Ms. Devi, mother of four children. “This manufacturing unit is unique because it is largely made up of women. In all other factories in this area, there are too few jobs for women. My family was supportive as it is close to my house,” she said.female participation
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