Bamboo as a Building Material in North East of India

Nafisa Nazneen Choudhury

Abstract: Bamboo has always been considered a weak building material to be used in construction. But with the advancement of technology it has been possible to use bamboo resources keeping certain impacts, properties in mind. North east has abundant of bamboo resources which in turn leads to more employment opportunities, industry set ups and growth of economy. Also it is more effective since it has low cost and safe for earthquake prone areas. With its productive use India can lead in economy and subsequently adopt Eco-friendly measures to make a greener environment.

Keywords: Bamboo, Reinforcement, Northeast-India, Research, Properties, Concrete, Impact, Strength, Comparison, Steel, Civil Engineering, Reference, Innovation, Modification, Discovery, Building, Material