Bamboo production shrinking for overuse
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Our Correspondent
RANGPUR, Mar 28: Bamboo clusters are fast disappearing from all the upazilas of Rangpur district owing to indiscriminate cutting of bamboos and lack of efforts for its planned growth. Bamboos are essential both for construction of huts and building, fencing of houses, boundary walls and other uses. It is alleged that a huge number of bamboos is cut from the clusters everyday without any efforts to replenish them. Bamboos need care for its proper growth. But villagers take little interest for the growth of bamboos in the clusters. The clusters generally grow under the natural condition. Though bamboo cultivation is lucrative, well organised efforts for its healthy growth are lacking everywhere in the district. A large number of bamboo is sold to outsiders everyday; buyers from Dhaka and other districts come to Rangpur to buy of bamboo, sources said. The cost of bamboos has registered a sharp rise over the years because of their scarcity. A piece of bamboo now costs Tk 180 to 300 according to its size. Locals expressed the apprehension that if cutting of bamboo continues at the present rate, days are not far off when the entire district as well as the country will face acute crisis of this important construction material.
RANGPUR, Mar 28: Bamboo clusters are fast disappearing from all the upazilas of Rangpur district owing to indiscriminate cutting of bamboos and lack of efforts for its planned growth. Bamboos are essential both for construction of huts and building, fencing of houses, boundary walls and other uses. It is alleged that a huge number of bamboos is cut from the clusters everyday without any efforts to replenish them. Bamboos need care for its proper growth. But villagers take little interest for the growth of bamboos in the clusters. The clusters generally grow under the natural condition. Though bamboo cultivation is lucrative, well organised efforts for its healthy growth are lacking everywhere in the district. A large number of bamboo is sold to outsiders everyday; buyers from Dhaka and other districts come to Rangpur to buy of bamboo, sources said. The cost of bamboos has registered a sharp rise over the years because of their scarcity. A piece of bamboo now costs Tk 180 to 300 according to its size. Locals expressed the apprehension that if cutting of bamboo continues at the present rate, days are not far off when the entire district as well as the country will face acute crisis of this important construction material.