Jute Geotextile :
Jute Geo textiles are indigenous, available technologies which have got enough potentiality for the improvement of rural roads. This technology has already been scrutinized by a model study implemented by Arcadia Property Development Ltd. (APDL) and Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) in BJRI premises.
Rural unemployed, unskilled labour can be utilized for application of this technology. Normally Jute fibre is swelled and degraded within six months in water and less durable in acidic, alkaline and other solutions. Quick bio degradability and high hydrophobic character of Jute fibre is the main disadvantage for using Jute as raw material for Jute Geotextile. By different modifications, Jute materials are converted into design biodegradable and hydrophobic in nature without changing its environmental friendly properties.
Advantage of Jute Geotextile:
Jute Geotextile is much cheaper than synthetic fibre. It is easy to blend with other natural material and synthetic fibres. Jute Geotextile is environmental friendly, design biodegradable, hydrophobic, anionic and locally available materials. Initially it has got the high strength and non-hazardous properties. It is also a renewable source of energy as natural biomass.
Objective:
The main objectives of the project are-
- Optimize Jute Geotextiles as stabilizer for rural roads.
- Technical feasibility study of Jute Geotextile use in large scale.
- Marketing of Jute Geotextile.
- Employment Generation.
- Transfer of Technology.
