Biswanath youth makes a mark with paratha-making factory

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BISWANATH CHARIALI: Diganta Das of Gohpur subdivision in Biswanath (Sonitpur) district is a paratha maker in northern Assam and has already made a mark in the food packaging industry.

Diganta, who is the sole breadwinner of his family, had left for Bengaluru in 2012 in search of work. In the meantime, Suriya Thapa, a young man from Tinsukia, joined hands with Diganta there after being engaged in various activities such as hotel labourer, painter, etc. Then Diganta came to know about a paratha-making factory in Bengaluru and the duo got employed as workers there. After this, both of them were trained in making parathas. The two then reached Andhra Pradesh. After spending a month in a lodge, Diganta rented a room and started a paratha factory. Thapa provided the required money. But due to the lockdown for Covid-19 pandemic, Diganta and Suriya could run the factory for six months only and returned home, but he found it very difficult to earn a livelihood for lack of capital to do something.

A few days later, Diganta contacted one Faizul Haque, an entrepreneur from Udalguri who owns three paratha factories. Faizul visited Diganta’s home and advised him to set up a factory at Biswanath Chariali. Immediately raising funds, Diganta started a paratha-making factory six months ago at Panibharal here under the brand name of ‘Daily Fresh Foods’. It has become very popular within a short span of time.The parathas are now marketed in a large area from Tezpur to Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Silapathar, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur etc. Diganta sells 1,400 packets every day and a packet of 5 parathas costs Rs 60 while a packet containing 10 parathas costs Rs 100. Diganta has now engaged 10 unemployed youths in his industry. However, he lamented that he has not received any aid from the government.

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