Bamboo Mat Skin Board doors coming
In a significant move the Kerala State Bamboo Corporation (KSBC) has mooted a proposal worth rupees 8.2 crore to manufacture. Bamboo Mat Skin Board (BMSB) doors and is awaiting the nod from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
The Technology will be developed with the Kolkata based Indian Plywood Industries Research And Training Institute and New Delhi based Building Materials And Technology Promotion Council. The project is expected to be operational by September. An alternative to the poor mans timber the BMSB doors will be based on the clean technology of 3Es, which include effluent free, environment and Ecofriendly. It is prepared from a species of Bamboo peculiar to Kerala called Ochlandra Travancorica, commonly known as reed, with the support of forest department.
(The New Indian Express, 9th July 2007)
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