Tendupatta plucking and collection work in all general forest circle areas have been speeded up with a clear atmosphere after ten days of cloudy weather, rain and wind.According to official sources, over 70 lakh standard bags of tendu patta has been purchased in a week from the hundreds of villages of the 12 societies of forest range Bilaigarh, Arjuni and Devpur.
According to information available, special discussion on purchase of tendu patta was held under the chairmanship of the newly posted SDO (Forest) of Sub Forest Circle office Kasdol DK Sahu in the presence of Sonakhan Ranger RP Dubey, Arjuni Ranger PP Patel, Devpur Ranger Vishwanath Mukherjee and Bilaigarh Ranger SB Yadav.Following the discussion, tendu patta collection work has been started in the villages of all the ranges from May 7. As per departmental information, 28.72 lakh standard bags from Arjuni, 14.94 lakh standard bags from Devpur and 28.12 lakh standard bags from Bilaigarh range have been purchased within a week.