Additional Rs 40 crore to control bamboo flowering

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Aizawl, Mar 16 (UNI) Chief Minister Zoramthanga today stated that the state government would be spending an additional Rs 40 crore to tackle bamboo flowering in the region.

While addressing the Assembly floor here today, he said a scheme called Bamboo Flowering and Famine Combat Scheme (BAFFACOS) was drawn up involving 14 departments.

The required budgetary allocations have been made since 2004-2005 and for this purpose, resources have been moblised by way of allocating funds out of one-time additional central assistance.

Besides, the twelfth finance commission had been specifically apprised of this impending phenomenon and as a result, the commission had recommended resource transfer to tune of Rs 40 crore for this purpose, which is in addition to the earmarked amout of Rs 65 crore allocated by the Centre during the period 2004-2007, he said.

Zoramthanga also mentioned that the government were taking active steps to convert this phenomenon into a blessing in disguise. ''As a result of flowering, the existing bamboos will perish very shortly, he added.

To take advantage of this situation, the government is taking measures to replace the perished bamboos by better quality bamboos while disposing the existing bamboos economically.

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