UTTAR PRADESH
Pilibhit to sow Assam bamboo to tone up flute industry
What the ‘jhumpka’ is to Bareilly, the ‘bansuri’ (flute) is to Pilibhit. Traditionally, Pilibhit is known to craft the best bamboo flutes in India. Two decades ago, the district accounted for nearly 90% of the total flute production in the country.
Now, the administration has chalked out a plan to revive this dying industry. In a first, it has decided to cultivate the delicate Assam bamboo (schizostachyum), which is brought from Silchar to make the flute.
Despite all this, Pilibhit’s handcrafted bamboo flute seems to be out of tune with the times. Flute-makers here are struggling to keep afloat. The annual demand of over 60 lakh flutes has now shrunk to just 5 to 5.50 lakh. The workforce had dwindled from over 7,000 to 150 to 200, said Iqrar Nabi, a local flute manufacturer. Cheaper made-in-China flutes have flooded the markets.
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