MANGALURU: Karnataka will grow bamboo on 57,000 hectares in the state in the next two years, said forest minister Umesh V Katti. He was speaking after launching a project of planting 10 lakh saplings of various fruit-bearing trees, through the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project and forest department in Venur region of Kundapur division at Ermodi forest area, in Belthangady taluk on Thursday.
He said bamboo saplings are being planted in Belagavi, Bagalkot and Bijapur districts. “We have been importing bamboo for commercial purposes at present. Growing bamboo will reduce its import in the state,” he added.
