{"id":9584,"date":"2026-09-18T15:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/?p=9584"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:55:31","slug":"world-bamboo-day-2026-celebrated-at-anandaban-bamboo-haat-inaugurated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/?p=9584","title":{"rendered":"World Bamboo Day 2026 Celebrated at Anandaban, Bamboo Haat Inaugurated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bhubaneswar,September 18,2026 [ADN]: <\/strong>The Odisha Bamboo Development Agency (OBDA) celebrated World Bamboo Day 2026 at Anandaban in Kalinga Nagar, Bhubaneswar. Honourable Minister, Forest, Environment and Climate Change and Labour and Employees\u2019 State Insurance, Shri Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia, attended the event as the chief guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing the gathering, the Honourable Minister said bamboo is a renewable, fast-growing resource with uses in construction, furniture, handicrafts, lifestyle products, packaging and food products. He said it could create rural livelihoods and play an important role in building a green and circular economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bamboo Haat developed at Anandaban, under OFSDP was inaugurated on the occasion. It will provide a space to display, promote and sell bamboo products, helping artisans, entrepreneurs, self-help groups and small traders reach customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A short documentary highlighting OBDA\u2019s activities and achievements was screened at the event. It featured the agency\u2019s work in bamboo cultivation, processing, value addition, training and employment generation. Information was also shared about OBDA\u2019s activities and plans for the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the celebrations, OBDA organised the Bamboo Product Innovation Competition 2026 at Anandaban on September 17 and 18. Participants from Odisha, Kerala, Assam and Delhi showcased new bamboo products, designs and ideas. The winners were felicitated at the main event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Odisha\u2019s Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force, Dr K. Murugesan, attended as guest of honour. Shri Sanjeev Karpe, Director of KONBAC, and State Mission Director of OBDA, Shri Karthik V. were also present, along with bamboo farmers, artisans, self-help groups, entrepreneurs, designers, NGOs, researchers, government officials and business representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhubaneswar,September 18,2026 [ADN]: The Odisha Bamboo Development Agency (OBDA) celebrated World Bamboo Day 2026 at Anandaban in Kalinga<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-36"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9584"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9587,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584\/revisions\/9587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}