India: Bamboo artisans weave dreams - Five training centres & marketing platform for villagers

A career in bamboo craft would help several artisans realise their dreams.

Take Ban Bihari Mahali for instance. He is a bamboo artisan who earns between Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 per month if he works everyday but now he hopes of turning this figure to Rs 3,000.

His dreams have taken shape after the state government decided to open 25 bamboo processing training centres this month.

The centres would come up in Ranchi, East Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan. The project aims to help the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe get professional training in the art.

Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Ichagarh, Chandil and Dumaria will house these training centres in collaboration with Guwahati-based Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre.

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