Unfortunately, from what I have seen so far, it
has been a joke! I cannot even get a response to
my queries, even after having gone over to meet
the nice folks they are. But what I saw as
examples of engineered bamboo usage was a
DISASTER!
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So- in a few years there will be plenty of
bamboo. What are we going to do with all that
bamboo? Send them to paper mills in Karnataka?
I heard from C. Mahanta that the organization
and the factories to make high value
products exist only on paper. His repeated
efforts to reach the people in charge have not
produced any results yet.
Dilip Deka
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From the Assam Tribune
Funds for implementing natl bamboo mission in NE released
GUWAHATI, May 9 The Department of Agriculture
and Co-operation under the Union Ministry of
Agriculture recently launched the National
Bamboo Mission (NBM) for addressing issues
relating to the development of bamboo in the
country, a press release said.
Estimated to be worth Rs 5.68 billion with 100
per cent assistance from the Centre, the scheme
will be implemented by the Division of
Horticulture under the Department of Agriculture
and Cooperation. Under the NBM, an area of
1,76,000 hectare will be brought under bamboo
cultivation in both forest and non-forest areas
during the 10th and 11th Five Year Plan. It is
proposed to generate employment of 9.7 lakh
mandays and 50.5 million mandays through nursery
and plantation activity.
The main objectives of the Mission are to
promote the growth of the bamboo sector through
an area-based regionally differentiated
strategy; to increase the coverage of area under
bamboo in potential areas with improved
varieties to enhance yield; to promote marketing
of bamboo and bamboo-based handicrafts; to
establish convergence and synergy among
stake-holders for the development of bamboo; to
promote, develop and disseminate technologies
through a seamless blend of traditional wisdom
and modern scientific knowledge; and also to
generate employment opportunities for skilled
and unskilled persons, especially unemployed
youths.
The Mission has four major components, namely
research and development, plantation,
handicrafts and marketing. In order to
technically support the mission, four zonal
bamboo technical support groups (BTSG) have been
identified where cane and bamboo technical
centre Guwahati has been designated as BTSG for
all the eight North Eastern states along with
three eastern states, including West Bengal,
Jharkhand and Orissa.
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