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Assam’s Bamboo Opens New Opportunities, Says Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam’s chief minister says bamboo can help people find new work.
Bamboo is a tall grass that can be used to make many products.
He said it can support businesses and new industries.
It may also create skills and livelihoods for people.
The chief minister connected these opportunities with sustainable growth.
He said a reform recognising bamboo as grass helped open new possibilities.
Assam has developed a bicycle made from bamboo.
People can try it during a test event on October 2 in Guwahati.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said bamboo is creating new opportunities across the state.
He linked bamboo with skills, livelihoods, entrepreneurship and sustainable growth.
Sarma said bamboo can support everyday products and new industries.
He credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reform recognising bamboo as grass with opening new livelihood and green-industry opportunities.
A bamboo bicycle developed in Assam will have a trial run on October 2 at Guwahati’s Brahmaputra Riverfront.
- Who
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, with reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bamboo reform.
- What
- Sarma said bamboo is creating opportunities and announced a trial run for an Assam-made bamboo bicycle.
- Where
- Across Assam, with the bamboo bicycle trial run at the Brahmaputra Riverfront in Guwahati.
- When
- The statement was made on Friday, September 18; the bicycle trial run is scheduled for October 2.
- Why
- To promote livelihoods, entrepreneurship, green industry and sustainable growth through bamboo.
Key facts
- State
- Assam
- Official
- Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam chief minister
- Occasion
- World Bamboo Day
- Featured innovation
- Assam Bamboo Cycle
- Trial date
- October 2
- Trial location
- Brahmaputra Riverfront, Guwahati
- Development focus
- Skills, livelihoods, entrepreneurship and sustainable growth
Quotes
Himanta Biswa Sarma
Chief Minister of Assam
“On World Bamboo Day, we celebrate how bamboo is driving skills, livelihoods, entrepreneurship and new avenues for sustainable growth across Assam.”
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“From everyday products to new industries, Assam’s bamboo is creating new opportunities for our people.”
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