A dye factory in Mumbai, India. Automation could free workers from mundane repetitive tasks. Reuters Ganesh Papad, a three-decade old company in India which manufactures papads, or papadums, has long relied on teams of workers to make its snack products – but it is increasingly turning to machines to do the job.
“To make 1,000 kilograms of handmade papads, we require 300 women,” says Harshal Chheda, the director at Ganesh Papad. “The new generation is not interested to make papads. Hence we’re bringing in modern machines with capacity of 3,000kg per day and this is helping to save labour costs […]
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