First National Bamboo Conference-2081 in Feb next year
The province-level programme has been planned to make the first National Bamboo Conference to be held at Matikore Playground in Diktel Bazar from Feb 27 to March 1 next year effective.
KATHMANDU: Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality has decided to organize the ‘First National Bamboo Conference-2081’ in February next year.
The province-level programme has been planned to make the first National Bamboo Conference to be held at Matikore Playground in Diktel Bazar from Feb 27 to March 1 next year effective.
The conference will be focused on exploring the utility, feasibility, effectiveness and marketing of bamboo.
According to Mayor Tirtha Raj Bhattarai, preparations have been made to hold province -level programmes in Koshi Province on Dec 29, Madhes Province on Dec 30, Bagmati Province on Dec 31 and Gandaki Province on Jan 1.
“For the first time in the history of Nepal, a national bamboo conference is going to be held at Diktel Bazar. Bamboo experts and businessmen from all over the country and abroad are participating in the conference,” he said.
“Preparations have been made to run the programme with the use of Zoom technology in the excluded provinces”, Bhattarai shared.
Under the province-level programme to be chaired by Mayor Bhattarai, Sahara Nepal will look after the management and coordination of the programme in the Koshi province. Likewise, Division Forest Office will see the management in the Madhes province, Dhanushadham.
Similarly, the Ministry of Finance will manage and coordinate the programme in the Bagmati and Gandaki provinces.
At a press conference on Friday, Mayor Bhattarai said that a plan would be prepared after listening to the opinion of bamboo experts, stakeholders, government and non-government organizations, educational institutions and traders.