6000 betel nut tree cut down in Boko by Forest Department

BOKO: The Assam Forests Division has chopped down in excess of 6,000 betel nut trees in Upper Bamunigaon town of Boko along the Assam-Meghalaya line under Bondapara Woodland Office for nursery under the Compensatory Afforestation Asset The board and Arranging Authority (CAMPA) conspire. taken

In any case, the nearby individuals have communicated their disappointment over the thoughtless cutting of betel nut trees by the timberland division.
“I have never seen such activity by the timberland division for the sake of expulsion. The town is occupied by Garos and they have been nearby for a long time,” said Frylin R. Marak, leader individual from the Rabha Hasong Independent Committee. are living. They procure their business by developing betel nuts, ginger and others.”

“The backwoods division ought to have given an ousting notice prior to chopping down the betel nut manors,” guaranteed Marak.
“These trees were saved by the townspeople of Upper Bamunigaon for improvement of the town. They focused on just the Garos and not others. If they have any desire to abandon the woodland lands, they ought to remove them from the whole region. was not just in the space possessed by the Garo public,” he asserted.

“I comprehend that the backwoods office has given sees just in Garo-occupied regions. Before expulsion, they ought to have set up for the resettlement of individuals who have been living nearby for the last two thirty years. I’m Top state leader Modi and I demand Boss Clergyman Himanta Biswa Sarma to investigate the matter. Ancestral individuals are being hassled for the sake of removal,” Marak added.
It could be referenced here that Upper Bamunigaon town falls under Gizang Hold Timberland Region.

Furious over the betel nut collecting, one of the residents said, “How might we get by in the event that the state woodland division obliterates our harvests like this? We will be compelled to take a choice to help Meghalaya for our splendid future.”
Another resident said, “Last Tuesday, the backwoods division authorities came and attempted to chop down the betel nut estates, yet our locals firmly went against it since it is for the improvement of the town and not for whatever else. For the reason. Be that as it may, abruptly on Wednesday, the division authorities cut down around 6000 mature betel nut trees with no warning.
“The DFO of the West Divisional Backwoods Office let us know that the betel nut trees have been felled for the nursery. The authority informed us that all the more such removal drives will be done in additional backwoods lands very soon,” the resident said. added.
“The site has been chosen for nursery and tree planting under the Kempa conspire on 25 hectares of woodland land. Thus, we have sent off a removal drive nearby,” Dampy Bora, DFO, Kamrup West Division, told to Media. “We will oust more region under hold woods for CAMPA conspire. In the future, we will take help of police and organization for removal crusade.

He likewise said that the woods office will work with the townspeople for the nursery under this plan.
Compensatory Afforestation Asset The executives and Arranging Authority (CAMPA) intends to advance woods reclamation and recovery exercises as pay for timberland land redirected to woodland utilizes and non-backwoods utilizes.