Chhattisgarh
Maximum Collection of Tendu Leaves in Bilaspur Forest in the State
- 30 Sep 2021
- 3 min read
Why in News
- According to the information received from the State Minor Forest Produce, the maximum number of 276670 standard bags of tendu leaves has been collected within Bilaspur forest circle in the state, during the current financial year.
Key Points
- It is worth mentioning that during the current financial year, in Chhattisgarh, 135710 standard bags of tendu leaves worth more than Rs 522 crore have been collected during the tendu leaf collection season. In this, 100% payment of collection amount of Rs 110 crore 21 lakh has been made to the Tendu Leaf collectors.
- Under Bilaspur forest circle, 2 lakh 76 thousand 670 standard bags of tendu leaves worth Rs 110 crore 61 lakh were collected. Of these, 29 thousand 715 standard bags in Bilaspur forest division, 19 thousand 440 standard bags in Marwahi, 3 thousand 763 standard bags in Janjgir-Champa, 44 thousand 702 standard bags in Raigarh, 70 thousand 157 standard bags in Dharamjaigarh, 42 thousand 960 standard bags in Korba, 65 thousand 932 standard bags in Bora and Katghora, were collected.
- After Bilaspur, 2 lakh 55 thousand 675 standard bags of tendu leaves worth Rs 102 crore 10 lakh have been collected under Surguja forestry. Of these, 23 thousand 297 standard bags have been collected in Jashpur forest division, 32 thousand standard bags in Manendragarh, 20 thousand 996 standard bags in Korea, 30 thousand 645 standard bags in Surguja and 58 thousand 207 standard bags in Surajpur.
- Similarly, 2 lakh 49 thousand 679 standard bags of tendu leaves worth Rs 98 crore 98 lakh have been collected under Kanker Vanvrit. These include forest division wise- 91 thousand 320 standard bags in East Bhanupratappur, 70 thousand 120 standard bags in West Bhanupratappur, 12 thousand 446 standard bags in South Kondagaon and 21 thousand 107 standard bags in Keshkal, 15 thousand 322 standard bags in Narayanpur and 34364 in Kanker.
- One lakh 88 thousand 527 standard bags of tendu leaves worth Rs 75 crore 32 lakh have been collected under Forest Circle Raipur. Of these, 22 thousand 890 standard bags have been collected in Dhamtari forest division, 69 thousand 890 standard bags in Gariaband, 74 thousand 871 standard bags in Mahasamund and 20 thousand 877 standard bags of tendu leaves in Baloda Bazar.
- One lakh 76 thousand 505 standard bags of tendu leaves worth Rs 70 crore 60 lakh have been collected under Vanvrit Jagdalpur. Of these, 75 thousand 395 standard bags have been collected in Bijapur forest division, 75 thousand 913 standard bags in Sukma, 10 thousand 395 standard bags in Dantewada, 14 thousand 802 standard bags of tendu leaves in Jagdalpur.
- After this, one lakh 58 thousand 653 standard bags of tendu leaves worth Rs 63 crore 46 lakh have been collected under Vanvrit fort. Of these, 65 thousand 559 standard bags have been collected in Rajnandgaon forest division, 34 thousand 698 standard bags in Khairagarh, 20 thousand 383 standard bags in Balod and 38 thousand standard bags of tendu leaves in Kawardha.
