Nilgiris tribal women receive certificates for water-hyacinth product training
Tribal women’s self-help group members received certificates after completing training to make value-added products from water hyacinth in the Nilgiris.
AI-generated representative illustration; it does not depict the actual October 9, 2026 event. Image: MyNilgiris / OpenAI.
Deck: The Nilgiris Collector presented completion certificates to tribal women’s self-help group members trained to make value-added products from water hyacinth.
Training completion certificates were presented at the Additional Collector’s Office complex in the Nilgiris district on October 9, 2026. District Collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru, I.A.S., presented the certificates, according to the district administration.
The tribal women’s self-help group members were trained to prepare value-added products using water hyacinth. The programme was conducted under the Environmental Information, Awareness, Capacity Building and Livelihood Programme (EIACP).
- The training was implemented by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education–Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (ICFRE–IFGTB), Coimbatore.
- The official release says certificates were given to members who successfully completed the training.
- The official release does not state the number of participants.
Nilgiris District Administration — Press Release No. 510, October 9, 2026
Official PDF (60 KB)
No independent same-day report of this specific event was available at publication time. This report therefore uses only details stated in the district administration’s official record.
Image note: AI-generated representative illustration; it does not depict the actual October 9, 2026 event. Image: MyNilgiris / OpenAI.
