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Community Forest Rights yield revenue for tribals
Sirisinapalli in Chintur mandal of the East Godavari district stood as the first village to make use of Community Forest Rights under Recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2006 in the residuary Andhra Pradesh.
Chintur (East Godavari): Sirisinapalli in Chintur mandal of the East Godavari district stood as the first village to make use of Community Forest Rights under Recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2006 in the residuary Andhra Pradesh. About 31 families living in the village have collared bamboo which is the non timber forest product from 1731 acres by making use of Community Forest Rights and spending money obtained by selling the bamboo for the development of their families, village and for restoring the forest.
It may be recalled that Chintur mandal merged into Andhra Pradesh from Bhadrachalam ITDA after bifurcation. The villagers were trained in the past on the management methods in proper collection of forest products and how to store the products in depots through Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellow.
Villagers of Sirisina Palli made an appeal to the project officer, ITDA, Chintur to sell the bamboo and they have prepared for public action with the cooperation of ITDA, forest department and PMRDF. The villagers have collected 37 thousand bamboo trees by maintaining best management systems and shifted the bamboo to Sirisina Palli.
When the public action notice was issued, 33 bidders came forward for the auction and Rs 29.20 lakh income was generated through auction. A community forest rights committee has been formed with 12 members and they got training in Hyderabad on Community Forest Rights. In-charge P O, ITDA, Chintur and P O, ITDA, Rampa Chodavaram, K V N Chakradhar Babu mentioned that Sirisina Palli is first village in the residuary Andhra Pradesh to obtain income by making use of Community Forest Rights under ROFR.
He explained that the villagers would spend 25 per cent of funds for the development for the forest, save 25 per cent for the development of forest in the next year and spend remaining 50 per cent for drinking water facility, for development of tanks and farm ponds in their village and added that the village could be developed as a model village with these funds. He expressed hope that all the villages in the agency area could be developed by making use of Community Forest Rights.
Divisional Forest Officer Chintur division MV Prasada Rao said that there are another nine villages in Chintur mandal which could be developed by making use of Community Forest Rights. Speaking Vana Samrakshna Samithis in Chintur mandal, he mentioned that only five VSSs out of 57 are functioning as most of VSSs fell sick after World Bank scheme under Joint Forest Management and Community Forest Management ended. However, he said that Rs six crore has been earmarked from NREGS funds to provide wages through employment in VSSs through which any work could be taken up in their stipulated area.
By Samson Raj
