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Uttarakhand Bamboo and Fiber Development Board, as the name reveals, was established with the objectives of creating livelihood opportunities with the help of bamboo and natural fiber species in the rural areas of Uttarakhand state. Bamboo has age old relations with the Uttarakhand state. Where the common Lathi bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) is prevalent in the lower reaches of the state, the ringal, the reed like small bamboo variety, is abundantly present in the higher mountain areas. Ringal used to be widely utilized in manufacturing of hukkah before independence for which a large quantity of ringal used to be extracted from the forests. |
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