During a visit to Kanyakumari and
while coming back from Pechiparai Dam, we stopped by a rubber plantation with
the road passes between the estate. It was the first time I got to see rubber
trees and each tree was tied by a coconut shell along the trunk and the top
layer has been removed for the rubber milk to flow into shell. The milk is
collected later and processed to form rubber sheets which left to dry for few
days before transported to various purposes and use.
Kanyakumari is the only district
in Tamil Nadu where rubber is produced and among the available of 19233
hectares of rubber plantation, 24020 tonnes of rubber is produced annually. Though
Kerala is the leading rubber producer in India, Tamil Nadu contributes 3% of
the total natural rubber production in India, which is no.4 among the top ten
rubber producing counties.
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| Neatly fenced rubber estate and the road leads beautiful amid trees |
The geographical location of
Kanyakumari helps doing excel in rubber industry, with adequate and well
distributed rainfall in the Western Ghats. In the southern region, Tamil Nadu
is the second major producers of natural rubber and the rubber goods are
manufactured both in the organised and small-scale sectors. And the manufacturing is mostly like tyres,
tubes, belts, balls, washers and rubber sheets.
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How interesting to learn more about the rubber production. What a beautiful road lined with the trees! I'm new to your blog. It's nice to meet you! Enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteHow interesting. That tree line road and fencing is really neat looking. Enjoyed this post.
ReplyDeleteThat is an interesting fence indeed.
ReplyDeleteWe also have lots of rubber plantations in my country. We used to be the largest exporter for rubber sheets but not anymore as they switched to palm oil plantations instead as they thought the profits are more lucrative with lesser work.
ReplyDeleteI love to walk around the rubber plantations but they often have many snakes lurking somewhere.
These rubber trees and latex cups remind me of my younger days. We live in a village and I helped my aunt pick firewood from the rubber plantation together with my cousins. Those were the days!
ReplyDeleteHello, learning about the rubber plantation is interesting. I love the last view of the road and plants. Happy Friday, enjoy your day and weekend!
ReplyDeleteThe last pic is cool. I wish to see a rubber plantation directly.
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Very interesting... I've never been to a Rubber Plantation... Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWe did visit a Banana Plantation when we were on our Honeymoon in 2001 to the Southern Caribbean. INTERESTING also.
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Lovely shots of the rubber trees.
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ReplyDeleteI love that last photo. I would love to see this place for myself.
ReplyDeletevery informational article. I would love to visit this place.
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