Bamboo which does belong to the grass family – has been associated with various names such as “poor man’s timber”(low-class material, because people tend to choose brick, concrete and steel as structural and construction materials for modern buildings)
Due to its utilization in the industrial sector, food products, construction & structural application, wood substitutes & composites, and handicraft& cottage industry.
Thebamboo building materials have been used abundantly in traditional houses is because it grows abundantly in eastern parts of India and some of the southern parts of India. The use of bamboo was obsolete after the commencement of the industrial era as it is cheap and non–permanent material.