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00:00In Mahiru district, near Alankanallur, in Kondiamatti, there is this Alakottarakai.
00:07The jaggery that is made in this Alakottarakai is a very new food that our Tamil people have learned to make.
00:18For this food, people generally give it as a gift and eat it.
00:24Now, sugar has become a separate thing.
00:27From the country sugar to jaggery, everything has been used to give it to children.
00:34This has been given a special meaning, so that the people who see this business can also benefit from it.
00:40To make this jaggery, 25 families are working in this.
00:49From the factory to the factory, 25 to 30 people are working here.
00:55Country sugar has become a medicine.
01:01From Thiruvananthapuram to Kerala, jaggery is used in all states.
01:08In Malayalam, jaggery is used in a limited quantity.
01:12Without adding chemicals, country sugar is made.
01:17This cannot be made into colour.
01:19To make it into colour, more chemicals have to be added.
01:22This jaggery is made by adding less chemicals.
01:28Where is this jaggery exported?
01:32This jaggery is exported to Kerala.
01:37In Tamil Nadu, people still prefer sugar.
01:41Apart from that, if people like this jaggery, it will be good for business people like us.
01:47Is this jaggery exported only to Pongal?
01:51We have been doing this business for 12 months and 3 years.
01:54We export the jaggery and make it into colour.
01:59The government has given this business a loan.
02:08Farmers can export 100 to 200 kilos of jaggery.
02:13This business does not have that importance in the government.
02:16This business is not known to the public.
02:19If the government gives a loan, we can make more arrangements for production.
02:27The Tamil Nadu government gives sugar to Pongal farmers.
02:38They give Pongal rice, raisins and sugar.
02:43If the government gives jaggery to business people like us, it will be good for us.
02:53The government should give jaggery at least next year.
03:02I am Jaya from Alai.
03:07We have been working here for 15 years.
03:10We are getting a good job.
03:12We are getting jaggery from abroad.
03:14We are working for more than 15 families.
03:18We are getting a good job.
03:20We are getting a good income.
03:23There is no problem with that.
03:25If the government gives a loan, it will be good for us.
03:29If the government gives a loan, it will be good for us.
03:35We can only make tea and payasam.
03:37If the government gives jaggery, it will be good for us.
03:42If the government gives a loan, it will be good for us.
03:44If the government gives jaggery to business people like us, it will be good for us.
03:54It will be good for us.
03:57The government will not do that.
04:01The government will not do that.