AGARTALA, Oct 17 (TIWN): Tripura rural economy’s a major part till day is much motivated with broom business.

Poor people across rural Tripura choose their livelihood with locally grown products, but they have to sell them in very low cost to the customers.

Tripura Govt. yet to take initiative to shape the broom-factories in Tripura, and to take action against the massive deforestation of tiger grass.

Tiger grass or broom grass, which is locally known as 'phooljharu' is one of the major non-timber forest products of Tripura and other north eastern states and naturally grows in the wild across the region.

This broom grass occupies an important place in Tripura's rural economy.

Increasing deforestation and the unscientific plucking of broom grass has adversely impacted in its regeneration.

However, in 2015 to overcome this issues, North Tripura administrative dept. took the initiative & launched a pilot project of collecting broom rhizomes from the wild and planting it in an abandoned Jhum plot with the assistance of Jhumias.

But the project alone couldn’t bring much revolution to the broom-centered economy.