Sitakunda of Chittagong has a distinct title of a village. When vacationers pass to Chandranath Hill, the households of the village give you the sticks had to climb the mountain. To start with, many of us did it as a interest, however now those households have transform filthy rich on the planet by means of making sticks.
Just lately, it may be observed at the floor, the members of the family are running on other phases of constructing sticks sitting within the courtyard of each and every space in Bhuiyapara village on the foot of Chandranath hill. Hiking the 1350 ft of Chandranath Hill is tricky for vacationers and pilgrims with out a 6 ft lengthy bamboo stick. Because of this some of these sticks are equipped by means of the ladies of this village. By means of promoting those sticks, wealth has returned to many of us’s households.
Chatting with the locals, it’s recognized that round 2018, more than a few actions had been being performed to increase the eco-friendly tourism trade below the Ipsa Ecotourism Challenge. Ipsa has been offering more than a few technical and monetary enhance to the locals in launching more than a few products and services. Within the early days, locals used to assemble sticks from out of doors Chittagong and promote them. At the moment, the ladies of the village took the method of constructing sticks as a brand new leading edge trade by means of collaborating within the workshop.
Payara Begum is a resident of Bhuiapara village. He informed Jago Information that to start with, he used to chop the lengthy bamboos accumulated from the mountains into 6 ft duration and promote them to the vacationers. Many of us used to hire this stick. But it surely has been discovered that vacationers purchase extra of the stick which is designed. From that concept we considered designing on sticks at house. The bamboo stick that I bought for 20 taka, the spiral design at the frame of that stick is to be had for 60 taka.
Sabrina, a 9th grader, is a woman from this village. The price of his research got here from his source of revenue from designing on sticks. He stated, ranging from the selection of bamboo to the more than a few phases of constructing a design stick, the price of 20 rupees falls. On this method he can get ready 60 sticks in line with day.
Parveen Akhtar, a girl entrepreneur of the similar village, informed Jago Information, “We do the paintings of constructing sticks in each and every space on this village.” We do this stuff. Our designed sticks are very robust and easy.
Tanveer steadily sells and rents sticks to vacationers on the foot of Chandranath Hill. Chatting with him, it’s recognized that he sells a stick on the most fee of 60 taka. But when someone desires, they may be able to hire the sticks for 20 taka.
Ipsa program officer Sadia Tajin stated, production of particular mountain climbing sticks has created new employment alternatives. When the month of November comes, the smoke of constructing sticks falls in each and every space.
He stated that yearly thousands and thousands of pilgrims arrive at Sitakunda at the instance of Shiv Chaturdashi and Dol Purnima. Chandranath Dham is positioned at 1350 ft above Chandranath Hill. This stick is had to climb to that position. That is when the call for for this particular stick larger.
M Major Uddi/SR/JIM
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