Among pole species in Bangladesh
Sundri is the most favoured one because
of its very good strength properties and
abundant availability. These facts have
prompted the Bangladesh Power
Development Board and the Bangladesh
Rural Electrification Board to show a keen
interest in using Sundri poles in power
transmission line in Bangladesh.
Sundri pole comes of a stem of Sundri
which occurs as a small to medium sized
evergreen tree with a grooved and buttressed
stem and
It grows
region
characteristic pneumatophores,
gregariously in the deltaic
of Bangladesh where it occurs
throughout the tidal forests. It is estimated
that the Sundarban forests could provide
more than 50,000 Sundri poles annually in
perpetual yield. (Latif 1965 ).