Minutes of Meetings

 
Minutes of the meeting to review of progress of works of the Tripura JICA Project and its link for development of Bamboo sector held under the chairmanship of the Hon’ble Minister for Forests, Govt. of Tripura on the 8th September, 09 at 10.30 A.M

The Hon’ble Minister for Forests chaired a meeting to chart out the roadmap for development of Eco Tourism, review the progress of works of the Tripura JICA Project and its link with the bamboo sector in his office chamber in the Secretariat, Agartala on the 8th September 2009 at 10.30 A.M. The meeting was attended by,
1. The PCCF, Govt. of Tripura.
2. The CEO & P.D, Tripura JICA Project.
3. The Chief Wildlife Warden, Govt. of Tripura.
4. The Director, NTFP Centre of Excellence. Tripura
5. The Director (Adm & Fin.) Tripura JICA Project.
6. The Executive Director, TFD&PC Ltd. Tripura.
7. The Director, Ind. & Commerce, Govt. of Tripura &
Member Secretary, Tripura Bamboo Mission.
8. The Director, Handloom, Handicraft & Sericulture Development, Tripura.

The Director (Adm. & Fin) through power point hardcopy presented the roadmap for development of ecotourism in the state together with the strength and potential that the state possess to show case the ecotourism destinations. That through establishment of the Ecotourism Board the ecotourism shall get desired boost and could be a tool for development of livelihood opportunities was explained in the meeting. The action that the Directorate of NCE and Tripura Bamboo Mission have taken to develop the bamboo sector was discussed and reviewed in the meeting and after detailed discussion the following decisions emerged in the meeting:
• A concept note for establishment of the Tripura Ecotourism Development Board shall be prepared by the Director (Adm & Fin.) and placed before the Hon’ble Forest Minister within two weeks’ time.
• The Tripura JICA Project shall explore the possibility of taking over the Tourism Directorate assets (Buildings etc.) lying unutilized at Nalchhar for use as a part of the ecotourism destination in near future. The possibility of transforming the unutilized facility into a handicraft village shall be explored.
• The ONGC abandoned site at Kaladhepha can be transformed into broom stick or Agarbatti stick go down and the Member Secretary, Bamboo Mission may explore the possibility of transforming it and put it to use. He is advised to contact the respective ADC Village Committees and BAC for the same.
• Nabincherra in between Panisagar and Pecharthal in North Tripura could be an ideal site for establishment of a CCFC handicraft cluster and the Director, HHS shall take immediate necessary action for its establishment in the selected location.
• Ganganagar in Dhalai District is identified for establishment of one CCFC and required action shall be taken for its establishment by the Director HHS.
• Formation of committee for establishment of CCFC Clusters in the following locations shall be completed by the 15thOctober, 2009 so that the construction work may start from November, 2009. The locations are Nabincherra, Ganganagar, Chakmaghat, Kaladhepa, Takarjala and Nalchhar. Bamboo pre-fabricated structure with pucca flooring shall be constructed through the Arunachal Pradesh based firm of NMBA.
• The Director, Industries & Commerce shall arrange a meeting with the handicraft items exporters in the conference hall of the new Secretariat building at Agartala on the 19th September, 2009 at 11 a.m.
• The Director HHS shall provide details of the amount of Rs. 68 Lakhs utilized during 2007-08 for establishment of the handloom cluster to the Forest Department at the earliest.
• The Director NCE shall take needful steps for establishment of a bamboo items display corner in the Offices of the Hon’ble Chief Minister & Forest Minister in the newly constructed Secretariat at Kunjavan, Agartala.
• The Director NCE shall prepare a roadmap by the end of the current month for development of the NCE activities including due emphasis on bamboo, honey etc produces.
• Director, NCE shall carry out action research through establishment of Bamboo Research Centres including bamboo setum in Kaladhepa and Killa of the Southern and Udaipur Divisions respectively. And in North Tripura it shall be established at Dudhpur.
• The NCE activities shall cover at least 10000 families through production, value addition and sale of bamboo products in the state in a timeline to be fixed by the Director NCE.

The meeting was concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair.