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Kerala’s ‘Hilly Aqua’ eyes Dubai market

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12 (UNI) Hilly Aqua, the bottled water brand of the Kerala Government, has begun exports to Dubai.
With this, Hilly Aqua, owned by the Kerala Irrigation Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (KIIDC) under the State Water Resources Department, has achieved the distinction of being the only company from South India to export bottled water to Dubai.
As part of a trial, two containers of bottled water have already been exported to Dubai. Discussions are ongoing with Arohan General Trading LLC, a UAE-based company, to export all Hilly Aqua products to GCC countries, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait.
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