Jul 17, 2006 :: Bamboo boom

UNI reports today that the recently built bamboo cottages at Assam’s Kaziranga National Park have been a runaway hit with visitors, sparking a new interest in bamboo as a building material. Several more bamboo structures are coming up for public use in the North East [NE]. These are based on traditional building techniques popular throughout the NE, where bamboo is central to people’s lives. It gives them homes, food, artifacts and craft items for sale.

The Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre [CBTC] has been actively reviving an esteem for bamboo among urban folks in the NE who are turning to steel and concrete houses. CBTC has also been developing countrywide and worldwide markets for bamboo products from NE. Visit this link and scroll down that page for news on the bamboo initiative.