Accelerating rural livelihood, Tripura aims at expanding to boost bamboo cultivation

Agartala, June 3: Giving a major boost to bamboo cultivation and expanding area, the Tripura government has decided to develop marketing network of the finish products of bamboo across the country. This will help in accelerating the pace of rural livelihood in a big way. In this regard, the state of Tripura has joined hands with National Centre for Design and Product Development to make this dream come true.

The MoU was signed between Tripura Bamboo Mission (TBM) and National Centre for Design and Product Development (NCDPD) to promote bamboo and bamboo-based industry in the state. It has been noted that the Modi government in 2017 ceased the tag of tree from bamboo and considered it as a grass after 90 years for facilitating the poor bamboo cultivators of Himalayan region.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb stated that his government has decided to expand bamboo cultivation in 14,000 hectares of land by 2022. The state has also decided to hire consultant for promoting bamboo-based industry in the state. The Northeast region supplies 66% bamboo to the country’s total demand but the industry has not been developed here yet despite having huge potential.

The Chief Minister has urged the people to get involved in the industry to crate job by devising a comprehensive plan to market bamboo based products worldwide. He also inspected the experimental bamboo cultivation plot, various tools, and machinery facilities and the ongoing training besides getting acquainted with new bamboo products at the BCDI. Despite highly trained skilled artisans in the state who produce international quality bamboo products, they are unable to make profits because of the lack of proper marketing.