Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Markendeyrao Wahane Vs Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board & Others dated 19/09/2022. The Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board had set up a chemical treatment plant for bamboo processing within the Gorewada reserve forest, Nagpur, Maharashtra without forest clearance. Thus, the board …
En masse bamboo flowering is a cyclic occurrence that often has devastating effects: it is followed by massive invasion of big field rats that get attracted to bamboo seeds. These rodents multiply fast and when seeds get exhausted, they turn their attention upon foodgrains in houses and crops in the …
china is refurbishing its papermaking units by building a complete industrial chain with the forestry sector. The Chinese government has approved a national plan that envisages undertaking activities like forestation in new areas, setting up new mills and upgrading existing mills. The country is inviting foreign investment to the tune …
two major developments are about to take place in the bamboo sector. The Union ministry of agriculture (moa) is set to notify bamboo as a horticultural product, and the Seventh World Bamboo Congress will be held in New Delhi from February 27 to March 4. Almost a year ago, the …
The northeast would become India's economic bridgehead for trade with southeast Asia, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee has promised. He was addressing the chief ministers of the seven northeast states, rubbing shoulders with corporate honchos in Delhi at the Second North East Business Summit, January 21-22. The Centre declared that …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has stayed the granting of lease to the J K Industries-owned Central Pulp Mill to extract bamboo from Shoolpaneshwar Sanctuary in Bharuch district of Gujarat. The CEC was responding to an application filed by ARCH, a Gujarat-based non-governmental organisation. The lease violated the Supreme Court …
• According to the 2003 Forest Survey of India report, area under bamboo is 8.96 million hectares, or about 12.8 per cent of total forest area • India has the world’s largest bamboo forest, with 136 species, including 11 exotic ones. 58 species flourish in the north-eastern region alone • …
Is bamboo a type of tree or grass? For the inhabitants of Sandni village in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district as well as thousands of others dwelling in rural areas across the country, this is a million dollar question. The reason: residents of such villages are legally entitled to 100 per cent …
The national bamboo mission has listed three major targets: • To use bamboo development as an instrument of poverty alleviation and employment generation, particularly in the rural sector • To promote organised production and processing of bamboo shoots, and their consumption as a part of the national effort to eliminate …
china's stupendous success in exploiting bamboo for economic gains appears to have prompted India to follow suit. The heightened interest in this tallest member of the grass family is reflected in the latest Union budget. As per one of the proposals, a special project on bamboo applications
bamboo has recently started flowering in Orissa. For the people of Orissa, already reeling under famine, this signifies further adversity as bamboo flowering heralds a food crisis. Though bamboo flowering is followed by drying up of the entire plant, the Orissa government has not harvested it for the past two …
A NORTHEAST TAPESTRY: SIX DOCUMENTARIES ON THE NORTHEAST BY INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS. Produced by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). India International Centre, New Delhi. July 3-4, 2002 Where The Tallest Grass Grows: Bamboo Culture of Assam, Mauleenath Senapati • Woven Art of Assam, Ranjit Das • Weaving hands Alexander, Leo …
Bamboo flowering is considered a bad omen in several northeastern states of India, especially when accompanied by an increase in rodent population. It is believed to lead to famines and natural calamities. The next bamboo flowering is expected around year 2003-04. Should we prepare ourselves? On October 29, 1958 the …
What are your development plans for Mizoram, which has one of the richest natural resources in India? Mizoram has plenty of cultivable land and the government is thinking of developing the region with more and more cash crops. It also plans for a project that would improve bamboo cultivation, which …
mizoram is leaving no stone unturned to counter the impending disaster resulting from the flowering of bamboo that is set to take place in 2003. With 49 per cent of its geographical area covered by bamboo plants, the hill state cannot afford to ignore the phenomenon and the famine that …
--Bamboo possesses elasticity, high tensile strength and is light in weight. Bamboo houses suffer very little loss during a earthquake. If such houses fall during an earthquake, they can be reconstructed very quickly and at little cost. --Bamboo houses are strong, because the joints of bamboo are very hard and …
the patio at the India Habitat Centre resembled a snazzy, comfortable living space with reclining chairs, low side tables, foot stools, screens, snug utility seats, compact closets, sleek standing lamps and a myriad other furniture. Brightly coloured toys lay on rugs that were overturned by the incessant wind blowing across, …
Five condom vending machines were set up at different locations in New Delhi. The machines were installed at Laxmi Nagar, Preet Vihar, ITO, Sadanand Marg and Palika Bazar. The Union ministry of environment and forests is working on a new set of regulatory norms to prohibit the establishment of industries …
The UK has banned the import and sale of a Chinese herbal medicine after it was linked to kidney failure. Aristolochia, used to treat fluid retention and rheumatic symptoms, was banned until October 27 on the advice of the Independent Committee on Safety of Medicines. The government said Aristolochia had …
when the search is on for effective and sustainable supplies of renewable energy, it is surprising that bamboo, noted for their fast growth and high production, have not been considered as a potential source of what is also referred to as "green gasoline'. The energy generated from sunlight per hectare …
