In Chhattisgarh, more than 12 lakh 86 thousand standard sacks of tendupatta have been collected till date, senior Government officials said on Saturday. Tendupatta collection is continuously underway in nearly 10,000 collection centres, affiliated to as many as 899 primary forest produce societies in the State. Maximum number of standard sacks of tendupatta (1 lakh 12 thousand 370) have been collected in Balrampur Forest Board.
In Naxal-affected Bijapur district, 1.5 times of tendupatta collection has been recorded against the given target. Bijapur district had a target of 47,700 standard sacks for current collection year, against which 70 thousand 60 standard sacks of tendupatta has been collected. It is noteworthy that in the current collection season, the Forest department has set the target of collecting 16.44 lakh standard sacks of tendupatta.
Officials of State Small Forest Produce Cooperative Association informed that 70 thousand 60 standard sacks of tendupatta have been collected in Bijapur Forest Board of South Bastar, 37 thousand 650 sacks have been collector in Sukma, 15 thousand 684 sacks in Dantewada, 13 thousand 30 standard sacks in Jagdalpur, 16 thousand 688 sacks in South Kondagaon, 20 thousand 767 sacks in Keshkal, 92 thousand 945 sacks in East Bhanupratappur, 67 thousand 436 sacks in West Bhanupratappur Forest Board, and 32 thousand sacks in Kanker.
likewise, 78 thousand 832 standard sacks have been collected in Rajnandgaon Forest Board, 26 thousand 251 sacks in Khairagarh, 29 thousand 759 sacks in Balod, 19 thousand 885 sacks in Kabeerdham, 24 thousand 254 sacks in Dhamtari, 75 thousand 452 sacks in Gariaband, 22 thousand 789 sacks in Balodabazar, and 78 thousand 146 sacks have been collected in Mahasamund.
Similarly, collection of 24 thousand 193 standard sacks of tendupatta in Bilaspur Forest Board, 15 thousand 362 standard sacks in Marwahi, 7 thousand 319 standard sacks in Janjgir-Champa, 54 thousand 860 standard sacks in Raigarh, 63 thousand 447 sacks in Dharamjaigarh Forest Board, 43 thousand 147 sacks in Korba Forest Board, 59 thousand 231 sacks in Katghora Forest Board, 30 thousand 886 standard sacks in Jashpurnagar, 36 thousand 217 sacks in Manendragarh, 21 thousand 419 sacks in Koriya, 23 thousand 230 sacks in Sarguja Forest Board, 1 lakh 12 thousand 130 sacks in Balrampur, and 60 thousand 904 standard sacks in Surajpur Forest Board has been recorded.