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Girjai adivasis take the green pledge

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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