Coimbatore: The horticulture department’s Thottakalai Sales Centre on Thadagam Road will soon have a larger medicinal plant section and sport a few outdoor sales counters.
Dr R Brindha Devi, director of horticulture and plantation crops, inspected the outlet, which was the first of its kind to be opened in the state, on Tuesday and issued a slew of instructions to make it more attractive to customers and bring it on par with many private fruit and vegetable chains.
Devi has instructed the district horticulture department to increase the area for sales of medicinal plants. At present, the store has erected a shade net on a side of its frontage to sell medicinal plants such as tulsi, homavalli, thoothuvalai, nagamalli and aloe vera, among others.