The buildings of the schools in Uttarakhand would now be made up of Bamboo. The State Cabinet in its meeting held on Wednesday gave its nod to the proposal of the Bamboo buildings for the schools in the State.
These schools would be constructed by the Bamboo board. It is learnt that a sum of only Rs 16 lakh would be spent in construction of building of a primary school by using Bamboo as principal raw material.
Normally, an amount of Rs 25 lakh is spent in construction of a school building.
The estimated life of these Bamboo buildings is about 50 years.
Apart from saving cost of construction, these eco-friendly buildings would also encourage large-scale plantation of Bamboo in the
State.