AGARTALA, May 12 (TIWN): A validation workshop on Diagnostic study report preparation on 'Agartala Bamboo Cluster' held at Gitanjali guest house on Friday.

The workshop was focused to promote collaboration and cooperation among the Member States through the establishment of enabling frameworks to support the region in harnessing and utilizing both its male and female human capital in addressing energy poverty.

Tripura`s bamboo craft is pivoted on the techniques of bamboo splitting done by hand with the help of a dao.Today,new machines are used for splitting bamboo at the Common Facility Centres and training centres set up by the government.The most recent product innovation is the carving of bamboo roots.A number of craftsmen have taken up this work through the offices of the State Handicrafts Developmen Corporation in Agartala.Many new statues and composite sculpted narrative are depictedd in Bamboo root carvings.

The cluster-based approach is market driven, inclusive, and collaborative. It offers critical mass for customization of interventions, enables economies of scale in operation, cheaper access to inputs & raw materials, better access to information & technology and direct reach to customers & channels.