From 461 to 45k hectares: Tripura’s bold bamboo expansion drive for industrial use

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From 461 to 45k hectares: Tripura’s bold bamboo expansion drive for industrial use

Agartala, Feb 23 (PTI) The Tripura government has taken up a five-year plan to expand the bamboo production area exclusively for industrial use by nearly 100 times to 45,000 hectares of land, a senior official said.Around 70 per cent of the country’s requirement of agarbatti bamboo sticks is supplied by Tripura and the government is keen to bring more such industries in the state, he said.The northeastern state, which has an abundant bamboo reso…