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Bamboo bicycle displayed at the Kochi fest
The Hindu | K. A. Martin | Kochi, December 16, 2013
Nothing exemplifies the new initiatives more than the bamboo bicycle on show at the South Asian Bamboo Federation stall, where Kamesh Salam of the Federation and former President of World Bamboo Organisation holds forth on the benefits of the bamboo bike.
He said the bamboo bicycle held out great prospects for tourism in Kerala, which had a big flow of foreign tourists. “We are trying to keep the price low,” he said about the prototype that was on display. If the parts are sourced from within the country it would be possible to keep the cost low, he said pointing out that bamboo bicycles were popular in Africa and Vietnam.
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