ADILABAD,
June 06, 2019 00:41 IST
Updated:
June 06, 2019 00:41 IST
Vow to protect forest on two hillocks near their village on World Environment Day
Adivasis of Girjai, a village in Bazarhatnoor mandal where Naxalites
had settled in the early 1980s by illegally clearing the forest, have
vowed to protect the forest on two hillocks near their village. The
hillocks encompassing about 1,000 acres will now be free of biotic
pressures as grazing will be banned, ensuring natural regeneration of
degraded vegetation on them.
The district forest department, which
is helping the village in development, had Raj Gond villagers take an
oath in this regard on World Environment Day on Wednesday. “We would
have wanted the villagers to take up plantation in the forest but
availability of water was a constraint,” said District Forest Officer B.
Prabhakar.
During a visit by the DFO on Tuesday, villagers sought
an open well, a check dam and uninterrupted three-phase power supply to
strengthen agriculture. They agreed to plant teak trees on the bunds of
their fields as the species survives extreme summers.
“They have
given us a list of types of fruit-bearing trees for homestead
plantation. We are making an estimate of costs,” he added.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/girjai-adivasis-take-the-green-pledge/article27527882.ece
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