Air cargo is swiftly moving from Coimbatore to the UAE laden with flowers for Onam
The HinduWith Onam, the 10-day harvest festival set to begin on August 30, flowers and snacks are taking off from Coimbatore. “We send flowers like jasmine, sampangi and marigolds sourced from Nilakottai, Satyamangalam and Hosur; Arali from Salem and lotus from Nagercoil to Dubai,” says K Sethumadhavan, proprietor of Vanguard Exports, who has been exporting traditional flowers for over two decades. “After a lull of two years because of the pandemic, Malayalis who have made the UAE their second home want to relish a grand Onasadya like good old times,” says Sudeesh Dhamodaran, joint managing director of A1 Chips, which makes over 800 varieties of sweets and savouries. They use cold-pressed oils, avoid white sugar, and go in for organic ingredients including rice,” says M Sivakumar, secretary of Coimbatore District Hotels Association. Madurai-based Zamco Foods, which exports sweets and snacks under the brand name Ajwa, has despatched 110 tonnes of food items including murukku, mixture, arisi maavu, and palm jaggery via ship cargo to West Asia.
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