!! Bamboo is an important plant of modernity along with cottage industries. Its preservation and protection is the need of the hour!!
In the coming years, bamboo production can become the country’s economic game challenger. Just as the Gulf countries found the wealth of Kubera, bamboo production will be an important part of the latest new technology. In the future, bamboo will be the only plant that will earn foreign exchange for the country. Bamboo is the only one associated with the creation of eco-friendly ethanol oil. Bamboo ethanol production is many times better than ethanol produced from sugarcane. In a new research, five items in the automobile sector are associated with the bamboo sector. There are 28 items in the automobile industry produced from bamboo. Due to this, the country will save 23 thousand crores in the automobile sector. And our country can become self-sufficient. It can stay away from plastic and rubber pollution. Bamboo is a raw material plant that is produced at low production costs. Once planted, it yields for sixty years. After one year, the production cost is zero. This plant requires less water. Bamboo grows quickly. Since its roots are deep in the ground, it releases water into the ground. Since its roots are deep in the ground, bamboo is the only plant that can quell storms on earth. Bamboo plays an important role in stopping mountain top erosion and soil erosion. This plant plays an important role in absorbing oxygen and carbon dioxide. Bamboo has the power to destroy carbon dioxide. Bamboo is the modern weapon of the environment. Soft cloth is made from bamboo pulp. This environmentally friendly cloth is not harmful to our body in any way. Very soft and warm clothes are made. Very transparent clothes for the skin are made from bamboo. The rate of allergies to our skin is zero percent. It is important to have clothes that are protected and safe from the harmful rays of the sun. These clothes are very comfortable for the body. Clothes are responsible for maintaining the balance of heat and cold in the body. As an alternative to silk clothes, clothes made from bamboo are durable and strong. These clothes play an important role in keeping the body cool and balanced. They are fabrics that absorb moisture from the body. There is a huge demand for these fabrics and clothes in the international market. Paper production from bamboo is an important aspect. The international market is also a big opportunity for paper production and products. Bamboo tent houses are considered the most expensive in the world. About five hundred items are being manufactured from bamboo. Bamboo is the only tool in the cottage industry and is doing an important job of earning foreign exchange for the country. Attractive furniture is made from bamboo. This furniture is popular in the overseas market. Eco-friendly bricks are being manufactured from bamboo pulp in the construction sector. This is a new chapter. There is a huge demand for buildings, bridges and roads in the traditional construction sector. China is one such country in the world that is earning valuable foreign exchange of Rs 3.22 lakh crore by manufacturing 500 items from bamboo. The income earned is equivalent to the budget of our Maharashtra for two years. The economy of the Tripura state in our country depends on bamboo. The Hilton Hotel in Maldives is made of bamboo. It is counted among the most beautiful and expensive hotels in the world. Our country’s Honorable Union Minister for External Affairs and Environment Shri Suresh Prabhu had predicted in 1998 that the future of the country would be bamboo. The prediction made 27 years ago is becoming an important matter for the country today. Very expensive houses made of bamboo are sold in the world. These are completely eco-friendly houses.
In Maharashtra, bamboo cultivation will be expanded and this will become an eco-friendly plant in the next ten years. Companies are paying a record price of Rs 10,000 for making ethanol oil from one ton of bamboo. As soon as the Prime Minister of one of the world’s richest countries, J.N. Biden, was elected, he announced a national agent bamboo policy and made bamboo cultivation a major goal at the country level. Its implementation was implemented through an administrative plan. Rich countries have also had to take note of this plant. European countries have also jumped into bamboo cultivation. Bamboo is being seen as a plant that complements the environment. Bamboo on one hectare of land absorbs and destroys 12 tons of carbon dioxide. Bamboo is playing a very important role as an environmental protector in today’s climate change. At the same time, bamboo plants are producing pure oxygen. This is the only plant that has been found in research to have a dual function. Today, nature is showing its violent form in climate change. Due to changes in the weather, heavy rains are falling everywhere in the world. Every country is suffering immense losses due to floods. Humanity is kneeling down to this climate change.
In our country, bamboo has been used since the ancient Ramayana. In our country, income was earned in a traditional way. It was seen as a cottage industry. Bamboo has made its place in the fast-paced world. In our country, traditional handicrafts are known as bamboo. Today, this bamboo has become an important valuable commodity in the global market. Due to the increasing use of fossil fuels in the world, air pollution and temperature increase have become very high. Terrible pollution has been created on the earth. And it is increasing day by day. That amount is not decreasing. Bamboo has recently started being used for electricity generation. Biogas, bio ethanol, bio CNG, bio oil, coal, co-polymer cloth, for buildings, for road and bridge construction, and accessories in the vehicle industry are mainly made from five items.
In China, the ingredients in black bamboo branches are used to treat kidney disease. Bamboo leaves are used to treat sexually transmitted diseases and cancer. Bamboo leaves are a favorite food for elephants, giraffes and goats. Vegetables can be made from bamboo shoots. Eco-friendly bicycles are made. Medicines are produced. Eco-friendly helmets are made. Consumers are buying houses made from eco-friendly bamboo at high prices. It is very effective in the production of cloth. It prevents the growth of bacteria from the cloth. In the future, bamboo cultivation will be a matter of national importance as a policy. If we want to survive in the global competition, we should earn valuable foreign exchange by producing 500 items from bamboo. Only then will this traditional bamboo business truly take on a modern form. Our country will become the next China in the world.
Mr. Tanaji Phanse.
Environmentalist,
Navi Mumbaikar