Tripura, June 3 (KNN) A memorandum has been signed under the Tripura Bamboo Mission to work along with the National Centre for Design and Product Development to provide a better market for bamboo handicraft products.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at the Bamboo and Cane Development Institute at Lichu Bagan in Agartala.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb participated in the distribution of free toolkit certificate among bamboo artisans. He said that the state government has decided to undertake massive bamboo cultivation covering 14000 hectors by 2022 and implementation has also started.

"We have signed a MoU and is now going to appoint consultants for marketing, consultants will legally get them a percentage of the profit share,” he said.

Earlier, the state government never went appointed marketing consultant but now we shall go for that through tender or taking cabinet decision in order to increase the sale of bamboo products of the state, he added.

He also inspected the experimental bamboo cultivation plot, various tools, and machinery facilities and the ongoing training besides getting acquainted with new bamboo products at the BCDI.

Also the artisans who got the free toolkit certificates said they had been working with the traditional tools till now and with the mechanical tools, they shall be able to not only improve the quality but also quantity of their products, he added.