Jute
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Jute is a natural fibre produced from plants, also called as the ‘golden fibre’ due to its shiny golden colour. It is commonly referred to as Pat (Tossa pat, Sadha pat) in Bengali and Hindi, Mar pat in Assamese, Jhota in Oriya, Chanapai in Tamil, Janumu in Telegu, Chanambu in Malayalam, Joot…
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Jute Geotextile (JGT) and agrotextile (JAT) made from fibres of jute plant have proved effective in addressing soil-related problems in civil engineering and agriculture. Years of research coupled with concurrent field applications have made it possible to develop appropriate fabrics for JGT…
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Jute is an eco-friendly and bio-degradable natural product with no adverse effect on the environment. The processing of jute varieties such as Corchorus capsularis - white jute (Sada paat) and Hibiscus cannabinus (Mesta paat) are mainly used for jute cultivation in West Bengal nowadays.…
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Question: Jute as we know is an eco-friendly product. What is the civil and the mechanical prospect of jute…the commercial prospect I mean. If you can kindly tell us about it.
Pradeep Chowdhury: See, jute has many versatile uses. You may know that Jute…
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Question: Prafulla Chakraborty was directly involved with the Kanoria jute mill movement. Would you kindly tell us more about the Kanoria jute mill movement? When it started? Why it started?
Prafulla Chakraborty: In 1992 the momentum for the…
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