Contents

PART I

SUMMARY OF FACTS ON WHICH PROPOSALS ARE BASED

CHAPTER I THE TRACT DEALT WITH Page No. 1.1 Name and Situation 1 1.2 Configuration of the Ground 1 1.3 Geology Rock and Soil 1 1.4 Climate 1 1.5 Irrigation 19 1.6 Drainage 19 1.7 Distribution of Area 19 1.8 Width of the Strips 20 1.9 Inter-Departmental Rules for the Management of Strip Forests 20 1.10 State of Boundaries 21 1.11 Legal Position 21 1.12 Rights and Concessions 24 1.13 Encroachments 24

CHIAPTER-II THE FORESTS 2.1 The Composition and the Condition of the Crop 25 2.2 Injuries to which the Crop is liable 26 2.2.1 Natural Calamity 26 2.2.1.1 Fire 26 2.2.1.2 Drought 26 2.2.1.3 Frosts 26 2.2.2 Grazing 27 2.2.3 Insects & Pests 27 2.2.4 Illcit felling 27

CHAPTER III UTILIZATION OF THE FOREST PRODUCE 3.1 Agricultural Custom and wants of the people 28 3.2 Marketable Produce 28 3.3 Line of Export 28 3.4 Methods of Exploitation and their Costs 29 3.5 Past and current prices 32

CHAPTER IV STAFF AND LABOUR SUPPLY 4.1 Staff 35 4.2 Labour 36

CHAPTER V PAST SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT 5.1 General History of the Forests 38 5.2 Past System of Management 38 5.3 Inter Departmental Rules 38 5.4 Special works of Improvement 39 5.5 Past Revenue and Expenditure 39 5.6 Past Yield 39 5.7 Growing Stock 41 5.8 Critical Reveue of Previous working plan 42 CHAPTER VI GROWTH AND YIELD STATISTICS 6.1 General 44 6.2 General Volume Table 44 6.3 Kikar 44 6.4 Shisham 44 6.5 Eucalyptus 45 6.6 Mean Annual Increment 45

PART II

FUTURE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSED AND PRESCRIBED

CHAPTER I BASIS OF PROPOSALS 1.1 General Objects of Management 48 1.2 Method of Treatment 48 1.2.1 General Priciples 48 1.2.2 Management of wildlife in Forest 49 1.3 Constitution of Working Circle 50 1.3.1 Constitution of working Circle 50 1.4 Blocks And Compartments 52 1.5 Calculation of Yield 52 1.6 Period of Working Plan 52

CHAPTER II ROAD WORKING CIRCLE !2.1 General Constitution 53 2.2 Blocks and Compartments 53 2.3 Character of Vegetation 62 2.4 Analysis and Evaluation of the Crop 63 2.5 Method of Treatment 63 2.6 The Silvicultural System 64 2.7 Rotation 64 2.8 Calculation of Yield 64 2.9 Marking Rules 65 2.10 Method of Executing Felling 66 2.11 Planting Programme 66 2.12 Felling Programme 67

CHAPTER III CANAL WORKING CIRCLE 3.1 General Constitution 69 3.2 Blocks and Compartments 69 3.3 Character of Vegetation 80 3.4 Analysis of the Crop and Evaluation 80 3.5 Method of Treatment 80 3.6 Silvicultural System 81 3.7 Rotation 81 3.8 Calculation of Yield 82 3.9 Marking Rules 82 3.10 Method of Executing Felling 83 3.11 Planting Rules 83 3.12 Felling Programme 84 CHAPTER IV BUND & DRAIN WORKING CIRCLE 4.1 General Constitution 87 4.2 Blocks and Compartments 87 4.3 Character of Vegetation 91 4.4 Analysis and Evaluation of the Crop 92 4.5 Method of Treatment 92 4.6 Silvicultural System. 92 4.7 Rotation 92 4.8 Calculation of Yield . 93 4.9 Marking Rules 93 4.10 Method of Executing Felling 94 4.11 Planting Rules 94 4.12 Felling Programme 95

CHAPTER V RAIL WORKING CIRCLE 5.1 General Constitution 97 5.2 Blocks and Compartments 98 5.3 Character of Vegetation 99 5.4 Ana!ysis and Evaluation of the Crop. 100 5.5 Method of Treatment 100 5.6 Silvicultural System 100 5.7 Rotation 100 5.8 Calculation of Yield 101 5.9 Marking Rules 101 5.10 Method of Felling 102 5.11 Planting Rules 102 5.12 Felling Programme 102

CHAPTER VI THE BLOCK FOREST WORKING CIRCLE 6.1 General Constitution 103 6.2 Blocks and Compartments 103 6.3 Analysis and Evaluation of Crop 105 6.4 Method of Treatment and Silvic:ultural System 105 6.5 Rotation 106 6.6 Calculation of Yield 107 6.7 Marking Rules 107 6.8 Method of Felling 108 6.9 Planting Rules 108 6.10 Felling Programme 108

CHAPTER VII THE EUCALYPTUS WORKING CIRCLE 7.1 General Constitution 109 7.2 Blocks and Compartments 109 7.3 Analysis and Evaluation of Crop 112 7.4 Method of Treatment and Silvicultural System 112 7.5 Rotation 112 7.6 Calculation of Yield 113 7.7 Marking Rules 113 7.8 Method of Felling 114 7.9 Planting Rules 114 7.10 Felling Programme 115

CHAPTER VIII PLANTATION (OVERLAPPING) WORKING CIRCLE 8.1 General Constitution 118 8.2 Special objects of Management 118 8.3 Methods of Improvement 118 8.4 Planting Programme 119 8.5.1 Degraded model with Staggered Trench &Pit 122 8.5.2 Model for Saline/Alkaline Areas 122 8.5.3 Water logged area Treatment model 123

CHAPTER IX JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT (OVERLAPPING) WORKING CIRCLE 9 Introduction 133 9.1 General Constitution 133 9.2 Special objects of Management 134 9.3 Government Policies on Joint Forest Management 134 9.4 Present Condition of Forest 135 9.5 Duties and Responsibilities in the changed situation 136 9.6 Joint Forest Management in Ferozepur Forest Division 137 9.7 Sharing of Usufructs with the JFM Beneficiaries 138

CHAPTER X NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCE [OVERLAPPING] WORKING CIRCLE

10.1 Introduction 140 10.2 Herbal Gardens/ Parks 140 10.3 Other activities 143 10.3.1 Apiculture/ Bee Keeping 144 10.3.2 Income generation activities from forest products 144

CHAPTER XI WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT [OVER LAPPING] WORKING CIRCLE

11.1 General Constitution. 146 11.2 Objective of Working Circle: 146 11.3 The Animals and Birds Found in the Division. 146 11.4 Protected Areas In The Ferozepur Forest Division 147 11.4.1 Abohar wildlife sanctuary 147 11.4.2 Harike wildlife sanctuary 147 11.4.3 Wildlife management 148 11.5 Area of biodiversity value lying outside PA network 148 11.6 Legal Position 149 11.7 Rights and Concessions in respect of Wildlife 149 11.8 Hunting and Shooting 149 11.9 General Census 149 11.10 Maintenance of Habitat of Wildlife 149 11.11 Improvement of Habitat. 149 11.12 Injuries to which Wildlife is liable 150 11.12.1 Fire 150 11.12.2 Grazing 150 11.12.3 Poaching 150

CHAPTER XII FOREST PROTECTION [OVER LAPPING] WORKING CIRCLE

12.1 General Constitution 152 12.2 Special objects of management 152 12.3 Legal Provision 152 12.4 Formulation of the protection information system 153 12.5 Execution of search warrant 153 12.6 Powers of arresting the offenders 153 12.7 Collection of information 153 12.8 Special patrolling during night 154 12.9 Special measures against smuggling of forest produce across border 154 12.10 Posting of young healthy persons in patrolling party 154 12.11 Other protection measures 155

CHAPTER XIII FINANCIAL FORECASTS 13.1 General 156 13.2 Revenue and Expenditure 156 CHAPTER XIV MISCELLENOUS REGULATION 14.1 Fire Protection 157 14.2 Petty Sall 157 14.3 Clearance of tall grasses 157 14.4 Checking of Bounderies 157 14.5 Beat Books 158 14.6 Wild Life 158 14.7 Nurseries 158 14.8 Seed Collection 159 14.9 Ecotourism 159 14.10 Rules & Regulation for Ecotourism 160

CHAPTER - XV ESTABLISHMENT AND LABOUR

15.1 Establishment 161 15.2 Labour 161 15.3 Buildings 161

Chapter XVI CONTROL AND RECORDS

16.1 Records 163 16.1.1 Annual Plan of Operations 163 16.1.2. Planting Journals 163 16.1.3 Forest Journals 164 16.1.4 Nursery Registers 164 16.1.5 Divisional Note Book 164 16.1.6. Control Forms 164 16.1.7. Fire Control Forms 165 16.2 Control Forms 165 16.3 Deviation Statement 165 16.4 Divisional Note Book 165 ANNEXURE-I List of common trees, shrubs, climbers & grasses 166 found in Ferozepur Forest Division. ANNEXURE -1B A List of Birds found in Ferozepur Forest Division. 167 ANNEXURE - IC List of Mammels found in Ferozepur Forest Division. 178 ANNEXURE - ID List of Fish found in Ferozepur Forest Division. 179 ANNEXURE - IE List of Turtles found in Ferozepur Forest Division 180 ANNEXURE-II Punjab Govt. Notification No.1122/Ft-58/1195 dt. 3-5-1958 181 ANNEXURE-III Punjab Govt. Notification No.222/Ft-III-731-35837 dt.21-11-1973 183 ANNEXURE-IV Punjab Govt. Notification No.2928/Ft-71/3934-dt. 15-10-1971 185 ANNEXURE-V Punjab Govt. Notification No.39/54/95/Ft-III-2305-dt. 2-3-1998 187 ANNEXURE-VI Punjab Govt. Notification No.39/124/2001/FT-3/12478 Dt 20-8-01 190 ANNEXURE-VII Punjab Govt. Notification No.39/103/2001/FT-3/12482 Dt. 20-8-01 193 ANNEXURE-VIII Punjab Govt. Notification No.39/125/2001/FT-3/13226 Dt. 30-8-01 196 ANNEXURE-IX Punjab Govt. Notification No.39/150/2001/FT-3/14083 Dt. 14-7-01 199 ANNEXURE-X Punjab Govt. Notification No.39/24/2002/FT-3/8439 Dt. 10-6-02 200 ANNEXURE-XI Punjab Govt. Notification No.39/23/2002/FT-3/8659 Dt. 12-6-02 205 ANNEXURE-XII Punjab Govt. Notification No39/63/2008/FT-3/6412 Dt. 8-8-11 208 ANNEXURE-XIII Punjab Govt. Notification No 39/63/2008/FT-3/6415 Dt. 8-8-11 211 ANNEXURE-XIV List of Saw Mills 214 ANNEXURE-XV Punjab Govt. Notification No 46/242/99/Ft.III/18759 Dated 223 18.11.2003 for Joint Forest Management ANNEXURE-XVI Detail of Forest area diverted under FCA 1980 & compensatory 231 afforestation ANNEXURE-XVII Inter Departmental Rules 242 ANNEXURE-XVIII Maps of Ferozepur forest division 246 ANNEXURE-XIX Detail of past yield & actual felling Acknowledgement

I am deeply indebted to Sh.H.S.Gujral IFS, P.C.C.F for trustworthy and enthusiastic behaviour during all the time, which got me more energetic to complete this Working Plan as early as possible. I always got from his works and positive attitude. Sh. Kuldeep Kumar IFS, C.C.F Plains for valuable guidance and Sh.R.K.Luna IFS, CCF Working Plan for going through the manuscript word by word, letter by letter and editing, reviewing, refining and finalisation of this Working Plan. I gratefully acknowledge all the kind guidance and help extended by Sh. Saurabh Gupta IFS, C.F Ferozepur during the preparation of the draft. I acknowledge the efforts made by all the people in the prepration of this working plan I especially appriciate the strenuous efforts made by the field staff of Ferozepur Division for carrying out field exercises and collecting data for compilation in the shape of this Working Plan. I would also like to acknowledge the helpful efforts made by Sh. Lalit Kumar, Sh. Sumit Kumar, Kamlesh Kumar, Sh. Sarwan Singh, Sh. Mehar Singh & Sh. Chinder Pal to get this Working Plan completed well in time. Lastly I am affectionately thankful to my wife who endured my deviated and odd hours working late at night and sharing their time to frame the draft of this Working Plan.

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari I.F.S. Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur. PREFACE

The preparation of Working Plan has never been as relevant an exercise as it has been 1988 Forest Policy of India and the judgement in T.N.Godaverman Vs Union of India case in Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. A serious thought process has started going into the preparation working plan document. Further Hon'ble Court has given the directions that the Govt. of India shall its say in the preparation of Working Plans of various states by way of involvement of its representatives from the regional offices of Govt. of India.

Focus areas in the present working plan has been as follows:- 1. Enhancing the forest cover and to maintain the ecological balance. 2. Improving productivity of existing forests and to obtain sustained yield of timber. 3. Special care has been taken to see that there must not be any adverse effect on the regeneration status and forest cover while harvesting matured/over matured trees. 4. To maintain the diversity of the wild animals including the avifauna population. 5 To create awareness and sensitize people about the forest and its role towards the welfare of the society on large.

The salient features of the present working plan are as follows:- 1. The main purpose of the Working Plan is the conservation of the Forests and raising the ecological and environmental status of the area by improving the growing stock. 2. There has to be no felling of Shisham trees, fruit trees in all forests. 3. The prescribed yield has been reduced to 50% of the calculated yield. 4. Indigenous and miscellaneous tree species will be given preference over exotic species in the plantation programmes. 5. There will be no clear felling of areas 6. A new Chapter on Eucalyptus working circle is introduced keeping in view the change in eucalyptus crop age which has become matured or over matured.

It is believed that the prescriptions given in this Working Plan will help in fulfilling the objective of improving the growing stock thereby resulting in a more healthy environment. At the same time, it is also expected that the improvement of soil and water conservation, the improvement in growing stock will raise the general prosperity of the people as a whole.

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari I.F.S. Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur. Chapter-I

The Tract Dealt with

1.1 Name and Situation This working plan deals with forests situated along roads, canals, drains and flood protection, Bunds and other lands under block forests or areas otherwise under the management of the forest department located within the jurisdiction of this revenue district of Ferozepur and newly constituted Fazilka districts. The division forms a continuous belt of 15-25 K.M. width and on the left bank of Sutlej River along the Pakistan border. The total geographical area of the Ferozepur & Fazilka district is 5303 sq. km. Total Forest area under Ferozepur and Fazilka Distt. is 9429.84 ha which is 1.7 % of total geographical area. Ferozepur division consists of five Ranges namely, Zira, Ferozepur, Jalalabad, Fazilka, and Abohar. This division lies between 73050’ to 75025‘ east longitude and 290-57' to 31010’ north latitude.

1.2 Configuration of the Ground River Sutlej makes western boundary of this division. The tract is generally flat and slope is towards south-west. There are some sand dunes in the Fazilka Range, hence there is uneven topography in this part on the District. The natural depressions along the roads get flooded during the rainy season and this causes water-logging in some areas. The depressions are generally along the roads and canals from where earth is removed during construction of road or canal. 1.3 Geology rock and soil The soil is typical of Punjab plains. It is loam to sandy loam in Fazilka. The areas near the river are clay to silty loam. Soil in Jalalabad Range of this Division is saline due to the impeded drainage. The soil as a whole is very useful for agricultural and forestry purposes. 1.4 Climate The climate is characterised by extreme hot summer and cold dry winters. These climatic conditions are quite unfavorable for the growth of the plants. The various factors affecting the growth of the plants are as under :-

1 (I) Temperature :- During the summer the temperature touches 460C and in winter the minimum temperature some times falls below the freezing point. Dry and hot winds are very common. The month of May & June are the hottest whereas December and January are the coldest. Table No. 1 gives the temperature figures in the region. Since there is no meteorological observatory in Ferozepur, data from Bathinda Airforce Station is adopted because it falls in the same zone as far as temperature is concerned.

II) Rainfall The tract lies in the South-West of Punjab and is a part of dry zone. Most of the rain comes from South-West Monsoon and is received from July to September small amount of rainfall occurs in December and January. Rainfall is most erratic in character and often long dry spells are noticed even during the rainy season. Table 2 represents the rainfall record of Ferozepur District from 1999 to 2009. III) Dew :- It occurs in winter months, it has no significant effect on plant growth. IV) Frost : It is very common during December and January and affects the plants very adversely. It has been observed that in plantations Kikar seeding upto 3-4 meters high also get killed due to the severe attack of frost. V) Winds :- During summer, there are hot dry winds and in winter cold winds do affect the growth of the seedlings. Dust storms in Fazilka Tehsil in the month of May and June cause droght conditions & affect the vegetation considerably.

2 Table-1.1 Temperature Figures (in0C) in Ferozepur Forest Division Period

Month 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 January Max 22.0 21.5 20.2 20.2 25.0 24.6 22.8 21.6 Min 4.7 7.1 4.6 6.9 0.5 1.8 0.1 1.4 February Max 22.2 21.4 22.2 21.1 30.6 25.0 25.6 25.2 Min 6.3 9.5 7.8 7.7 1.4 3.9 3.4 0.6 March Max 27.1 26.3 26.7 21.7 31.0 35.6 33.0 34.8 Min 12.1 11.5 11.8 11.8 6.4 5.6 3.5 7.8 April Max 33.9 35.3 32.8 33.7 44.6 41.8 39.2 41.8 Min 15.4 17.6 16.5 17.7 5.4 5.2 8.8 9.0 May Max 41.4 41.5 39.6 39.1 46.4 46.2 46.5 45.0 Min 12.5 25.2 23.0 22.3 18.4 19.4 19.6 17.6 June Max 39.7 41.7 40.3 41.9 41.0 47.5 47.6 46.6 Min 25.8 27.7 25.9 26.1 21.0 22.0 20.4 22.0 July Max 37.3 35.3 40.2 35.2 43.0 41.4 44.4 41.0 Min 26.7 26.5 30.7 26.0 21.8 30.5 24.0 23.8 August Max 35.5 35.8 36.7 34.7 41.5 34.2 36.0 37.2 Min 25.4 26.3 26.7 26.2 25.4 24.4 23.4 21.8 September Max 35.9 34.3 35.9 34.5 38.0 36.8 37.2 36.6 Min 22.9 23.5 23.7 22.3 21.4 15.8 21.2 19.4 October Max 34.7 32.6 32.0 32.8 37.6 35.4 37.6 36.4 Min 15.6 15.8 15.0 16.2 10.0 10.0 11.4 10.4 November Max 27.5 28.7 28.3 27.7 33.6 30.6 32.8 34.0 Min 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.5 6.0 7.6 3.4 2.7 December Max 21.0 23.4 22.3 24.1 29.6 28.0 25.2 25.4 Min 6.3 6.0 6.8 6.5 1.2 0.5 1.5 1.1

3 TABLE NO.1.2

RAINFALL FIGURES (IN MM) IN FEROZEPUR DISTRICT

MONTH 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

January 45.7 - 2.3 25.7 6.0 10.2 30.6 6.6 9.8 - 34.7 February 10.0 57.7 22.0 15.0 9.0 5.0 21.3 10.1 - 18.0 - March 14.1 23.1 17.7 13.5 17.7 - 19.1 33.5 - 20.7 2.5 April 4.4 - 42.7 - 20.7 7.5 11.0 2.0 40.9 10.4 - May 4.7 39.5 13.4 8.8 40.7 9.5 - 5.1 26.3 - 5.0 June 34.4 9.0 80.8 11.3 199.2 17.5 75.9 66.0 41.1 16.5 15.5 July 163.7 159.8 19.0 166.8 - 67.6 119.5 19.4 182.9 59.5 39.4 Auguest 87.8 128.0 80.2 125.2 69.2 159.0 240.7 108.6 222.3 33.6 21.3 September 21.0 69.5 2.0 109.8 - 81.5 24.8 21.1 10.0 59.8 - October - - 6.2 22.2 - - - 11.2 42.0 19.7 - November 16.0 10.0 - 15.0 - - - - 14.5 - - December 17.0 23.8 20.0 7.0 - 10.3 3.0 - - - -

Average 34.9 43.4 25.5 43.3 31.9 30.8 45.5 23.6 49.1 19.8 9.9

4 TABLE NO.1.3

STATEMENT SHOWlNG RANGE WISE DISTRIBUTION OF LENGTH & AREA OF STRIPS & BLOCK FORESTS IN FEROZEPUR FOREST DIVISION

Type of Total Length/ Area in Range wise Distribution Forest the Division Area Zira Ferozepur Jalalabad Fazilka Abohar Length Area (ha) Length Area Lengt Area Length Area Lengt Area Lengt Area (kms) (kms) (ha) h (ha) (kms) (ha) h (ha) h (ha) (kms) (kms) (kms) A STRIP FORESTS

Rail 270.10 1138.00 31.50 134.00 106.20 310.20 48.00 280.00 52.00 267.80 32.40 146.00

Roads 1469.23 1946.00 274.90 230.30 195.98 294.56 230.40 361.00 263.90 364.80 504.05 695.34

Canals 2191.87 3944.31 586.32 611.32 418.74 1358.85 421.82 818.12 336.38 386.60 428.63 769.42

Escaps & 906.70 1203.00 282.68 294.20 143.19 42.83 247.66 354.70 222.50 335.32 10.68 175.95 Bunds

Total 4837.90 8231.31 1175.40 1269.82 864.11 2006.44 947.87 1813.82 874.77 1354.52 975.75 1786.71

B. Block Forests

R.F - 433.33 - - - 433.33 ------

P.F - 345.20 - 131.60 - 67.60 - 146.00 - - - -

U.C - 420.00 - 142.40 - 98.00 - 179.60 - - - -

Total - 1198.53 - 274.00 598.93 325.60 - - - -

G.Total 4837.90 9429.84 1175.40 1543.82 864.11 2605.37 947.87 2139.42 874.77 1354.52 975.75 1786.71

5 6 TABLE No.1.4 STATEMENT SHOWlNG RANGE WISE DISTRIBUTION OF LENGTH & WIDTH ALONG STRIPS & BLOCK FOREST IN FEROZEPUR FOREST DIVISION TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) LENGTH S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO Kms. ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 STRIP FOREST RAIL 1 Delhi-FZR-Hussainiwala Rly. Lines 370 393.200 23.2 - 370-393.200 - - - 22.5 20:5 2 Rewari-Ferozepur Railway Lines 397 423 26.000 - - .- 397 -423 - 18.00 15.50 3 LDH-Ferozepur Railway Lines 90 123.000 33.000 - 90-123 - - - 8.00 15.00 4 Jalandhar Ferozepur Railway Lines 63.500 116.000 52.500 63.50 - 95 95-116 - - - 45.25 17.5 5 Bathinda-Hussainiwala Rly. Lines 56 95.400 39.400 - - - - 56-95.400 24.33 20.22 6 Ferozepur Fazilka'Railway Lines 0 86.000 86.000 - 0-22 22-70 70-86 - 14.50 13.77 7 FZK-Chananwala Rly Line(Abondoned 0 10.000 10.000 - - - 0-10 - 20.00 20.00 . Total 270.10 31.500 9.200 48.000 52.000 39.400 . ROADS

8 D.H.. No. 10 360.250 424 63.75 - - - 399-424 360.250-399 10.75 10.75 9 Abohar Bye Pass 0.00 16.530 16.53 - - - - 0-16.530 18.00 10.00

10 PTK-Abohar-Sriganga nagar No. 15 166.364 389.6 83.00 166-195 195-213.400 - - 364-399.600 8.50 8.50

Total 163.28 29.000 18.400 - 25-000 90.88

STATE HIGHWAY 11 JLD-Moga Rd SHW No 16. 50 72 22.000 50-72 - - - - 9.00 9.00 12 Dharamkot Bye Pass 0 2.000 4 0-2 - - - - 5.00 5.00 13 Jalandhar Fazilka Road 60.600 64.700 4.100 60.600-64.70 - - - - 7 7 14 Ludhiana Fazilka road SHW No 18 89.450 131 41.55 - 89.450-131 25 25 15 Moga harike SHW 19 5 38.400 33.4 5-38.400 - - - - 7.72 8.22 16 ZiraFazilkaRoad SHW No.20 80 114.600 34.600 80-96.600 96.600 to 114.60 - - - 9 9 17 FaridkotFazilka Road SHW No. 15 19.200 31.200 12.500 - 19.200 to 31.200 - - - 11 11 18 Ferozepur Fazilka Road SHW No. 20 2.200 86 83.8 - 2.200-19 19-70 70-86.8 - 11.75 11.7 5 19 Abohar-Hanumangarh Road 0 21.200 21.2 - - - - 0-21.200 10 10

Total 257.5 81 88.35 51 16 21.2

7 TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) LENGTH S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO Kms. ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M.D. ROADS 20 Zira Dharamkot Road 0 23.400 23.4 0-23.400 - - - - 6 5 21 Kot Isekhan-Jagroan Road 0 15 15 0-15 - - - 7 7 22 Makku-Wakka Road 0 28.200 28.2 0-19 19-28.200 - - - 4.7.2 4.5 23 Ferozepur-Mukatsar Road 4 12 8 - 4-12 - - 12 12 24 Baghapurana-Mudki Road 19.500 22.500 3 - 19.500 to 22.500 - - - 10 10 25 Mudki-Misariwala Road 0 16 16 - 0-16 - - 9 9 26 Mukatsar-Jalalabad Road 13.400 29 15.6 - - 13.400-29 - - 5 5 27 Guru Harsahai-Mukatsar Road 0 15 15 - - 0-15 - - 2.5 2.5 28 Malout-Fazilka Road 20.500 50 29.5 - - - 20.500-50 - 20 20 29 Abohar-Dabwali Road 0 26.200 26.2 - - - - 0-26.200 5.5 5.5 30 Abohar-Hindumal-kot Road 0 28 28 - - - - 0-28 6 6 49.500 to 31 Sriganganagar-Malout Road 49.500 69.500 20 - - - - 9.5 9.5 69.500 32 Mukatsar-Abohar Road 37 48 11 - - - - 37-48 1 1 Total 238.9 57.4 36.2 30.6 29.5 85.2 LINK ROADS 33 Zira-Fatehgarh-Panipat Road 0 10 10 0-10 - - - - 1 1 34 Jalalabad-Indergarh Road 0 8 8 0-8 - - - - 2 2 35 Fatehqarh-Sabraon Road 0 - 9 0-9 - - - - 1 1 36 Khosa-Talwandi Road. 0 15 15 0-15 - - - - 2 2 37 Khosa-Bhageke Road 0 5.5 5.500 0-5.5 - - - - 1 1 38 Manawan Road 0 2 2 0-2 - - - - 2 2 39 Dharamkot-Jogewal Road 0 25 25 0-25 - - - - 1 1 40 Ferozewah Road 0 5 5 0-5 - - - - 1 1 41 Dharamkot Kishan-pura Road 0 10 10 0-10 - - - - 3 3 42 Munan Road 0 2 2 0-2 - - - - 1 1 43 Markhai-Nardasa Road 0 6 6 0-6 - - - - 1 1 44 Zira Colleqe Road 0 2 2 0-2 - - - - 2 2 45 Talwandi Road 0 2 2 0-2 - - - - 1.5 1.5 46 Jalla Raunta Road 0 6 6 0-6 - - - - 1 1 47 Ferozepur-Wahke Road. 0.4 13 12.6 - 0.4-13 - - - 6 6 48 Ferozeshah-Kulgari Road 0 9.630 9.63 - 0-9.630 - - - 3 3 Khai-Mamdot Road' 49 9.600 22 12.4 - 9.6-22 - - - 6.5 6.5

8 TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) LENGTH S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO Kms. ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 50 Tibbi Sahib Lakha Mazi Road 0 15 15 - 0-15 - - - 1 1 51 Ferozepur Khaneke Ahil Road 0.6 2.8 2.2 - 0.6 to 2.8 - - - 3 3 52 Ferozeshah Road 0 ½ 1.2 - 0-1.2 - - - 1 1 53 Jalalabad Bhanani Road 0 14 14 - - - - - 1 4 54 Baiieke Road 0 4.6 4.600 - - 0-4.6 - - 1 1 55 Sukhera-Jodhewal Road 0 6 6.000 - - 0-6 - - 1 1 56 Guru-Harshhai Sadik Road 0 7 7.000 - - 0-7 - - 4 3 57 Mohanke Guruhar Sahai Road 0 4.6 4.600 - - 0-4.6 - - 6 6 58 Guruhar Sahai Kanianwali Road 0 9 9.000 - - 0-9 - - 5 5 59 Tahliwala Road 7. 14 7.000 - - 7-14 - - 1.5 1.5 60 Guru Harsahai Samnali Road 0 12 . 12.000 - - 0-12 - - 1.5 1.5 61 Khai Jutiar Road 7 14 7.000 - - 7-14 - - 2 2 62 Jiwa Arian Railway Station Road 0 6.5 6.500 - - 0-6.5 - - 1.5 1.5 63 Ghabhava Chak Bajide Road 0 6 6.000 - - 0-8 - - 1.5 1.5 64 Guddarh Dhandi Guru Harsahai Road 0 8 8.000 - - 0-8 - - 2.5 2.5 65 Pindi Gajniwala Road 0 8 8.000 - - 0-8 - - 4 4 66 Goluke Gurharshai Road 0 4.6 4.600 - - 0-4.6 - - 8 8 67 Midha Picket Road 0 20 20.000 - - 0-20 - - 4 2 68 Lakheke Jhoke Tehil Singhwala Rd 0 6.5 6.500 - - 0-6.5 - - 1.5 1.5 69 Jalalabad Lakheke Road 0 18 18.00 - - 0-18 - - 1 1 70 Fazilka Shatirwala Hindumalkot Road 0 20 20.000 - - - 0-15 15-2 6.25 6.25 71 Amiwala Pacca Road 0 25 25.000 - - - 0-10 10-25 2 2 72 Amiwala Nihalkhera Road O 18 18.000 - - - 0-5 5-18 2 2 73 Puran Patti Jalalabad Road 0 14 14.000 - - - 0-14 - 1 1 74 Ladhuke Budhuke Road 0 12.00 12.000 - - - 0-12 - 2 2 75 Samakhana Road 0 2 2.000 - - - 0-2 - 2 2 76 Aslamwala Khuranjwala Road 0 14 14.000 - - - 0-14 - 3 3 77 Nurshah Road 0 6 6.000 - - - 0-6 - 7 7 78 Ladhuke Road 0 2.2 2.20 - - - 0-2.2 - 2 2 79 Panchawali Jurkian Road 0 4.2 4.200 - - - 0-4.2 - 1 1 80 Amiwala Jandwala Road 0 8 8.000 - - - 0-8 - 1 1 81 Tahliwala Chimnewla Road 0 9 9.000 - - - 0-9 - 3 3 82 Sadeana Road 0 5 5.000 - - - 0-5 - 2 2 83 Houze Paliwala Road 0 5 5.000 - - - 0-5 - 1 1 84 Aslamwala-Ghallu Road 0 8 8.000 - - - 0-8 - 1 1 85 Mumbeke Road 0 4 4.000 - - - 0-4 - 1 1 86 Mahuana-Mamukhera Road 0 9 9.000 - - - 0-9 - 3 3 87 Rurianwala-Srian Road 0 5 5.000 - - - 0-5 - 1 1 88 Nukerian-Chak-Pakhi Road 0 5 5.000 - - - 0-5 - 1 1 89 Nukerian-Saiwala Road 0 3 3.000 - - -. 0-3 - 1 1 90 Tahliwala-Bodla Singhpura Road 0 2 2.00 - - - 0-2 - 1 1 91 Lalowali-Jourki Road 0 9 9.000 - - - 0-9 - 2 2

9 TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) LENGTH S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO Kms. ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 92 Mullianwali-Dabwali Road 0 3.5 3.50 - - - 0-3/5 - 1 1 93 Chobrianwali-Banwala Road 0 6 6.000 - - - 0-8 - 2 2 94 Hirawali-Kabal Shah Road 0 14 14.000 - - - 0-14 - 1.5 1.5 95 Bandiwala-KabalShah Road 0 6.5 6.500 - - - 0-8/5 - 1.5 1.5 96 Tehqualander-Able-Bodla Road 0 7 7.000 - - - - 0-7 1.75 1.5 97 Alamgarh-Shergarh Road 0 23 23.000 - - - - 0-23 1 1 98 Server-Khuian-Nihal-Khera Road 0 17 17.000 - - - 0-17 1 1 99 Bahawal-Bassi Road 0 10 10.000 - - - - 0-10 1 1 100 Kera-Khera-Dhaba Road 0 6 6.000 - - - 0-6 1 1 101 Churainwala-Patriwala Road 0 5 5.000 - - - - 0-5 1 1 102 Bazidpur-Kandhwala Road 0 6 6.000 - - - - 0-8 1 1 103 Abohar Seed Farm Road 0 2 2.000 - - - - 0-2 1 1 104 Gidderanwali-Paniawa Road 0 5 5.000 - - - - 0-5 1 1 05 Chakra-Kala- Tibba Rajwali Road 0 5 5.000 - - - - 0-5 1 1 106 Patti-Sadik Road 0 20 20.000 - - - - 0-20 1 1 107 Sappanwali-Billa Patti Road 0 8 8.000 - - - - 0-8 1 1 108 Kallarkhera-Panniwala Road 0 4 4.000 - - - - 0-4 1 1 109 Gidderanwali-Diwankhera Roed 0 5 5.000 - - - - 0-5 1 1 110 Mauigarh-Acharki Jandwala Road 0 14 14.000 - - - - 0-14 1 .1 111 Kalerkhera-Paniawa Tutanwala Road 0 8 8.000 - - - - 0-8 1 1 112 Daulatpura Road 0 5 5.000 - - - - 0-5 1 1 113 Sardarourn-Bahadurpura Road, 0 7 7.000 - - - - 0-7 1 1 114 Dharampura-Maujgarh Road 0 16.770 16.770 - - - - 0-16.770 1 1 115 Bulana-Chanankhera Road 0 3 3.000 - - - - 0-3 1 1 116 Bhagu-BhagsarRoad 0 8 8.000 - - - - 0-8 1 1 117 Kundal-Dharangwala'Road 0 4 4.000 - - - - 0-4 1 1 118 Dharampura-Dalbirkhera Road 0 4 4.000 - - - - 0-4 1 1 119 Tehupura-Bakainwala Road 0 8 8.000 - - - - 0-8 1 1 120 Chanankhera-Dharangwala road 0 5 5.000 - - - - 0-5 1 1 121 Ghillu-Khatwan Road 0 3 3.000 - - - - 0-3 1 1 122 Usmankhera Road 0 3 3.000 - - - - 0-3 1 1 123 Ghulla-Azamwala Road O 15 15.000 - - - - 0-15 1 1 124 Site-Kular-Doda Road 0 20 20.000 - - - - 0-20 1 1 125 Situ-Wazidpur Road 0 10 10.000 - - - - 0-10 1 1 126 Pacci Road 0 2 2.000 - - - - 0-2 1 1 127 Situ-Bishanpura Road 0 19 19.000 - - - - 0-19 1 1 128 Situ-Khuban Road 0 3 3.000 - - - - 0-3 3.5 3.5 Total 809.500 107.500 53.030 148.800 193.400 306.770 Grand Total 1469.230 274.900 195.980 230.400 263.900 504.050

10 TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) LENGTH S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO Kms. ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD CANALS 129 S.B.C. 220 288.232 20.972 220-288. - - - - 17.55 17.66 130 Kishanpura Distributary of S.B.C. 0 42.150 12.960 0-42. 150 - - - - 1.50 2.00 131 5R Distributary of S.B.C. 0 20.210 6.310 0-20.210 - - - - 2.50 1.50 132 1 L Mr. of 5R Distributary 0 16.150 5.030 0-16.150 - - - - 1.00 1.00 133 lR Mr. of 5R Distributary 0 8 2.440 0-8 - - - - 1.00 1.00 134 Kinawa Distributary of S.B.C. 0 39.153 12.048 0-39.153 - - - - 25.00 3.50 135 Karval Mr. of Kingwa Distributary 0 13.030 3.995 0-13.030 - - - - 1.00 1.00 136 Khosa-Sub Mr. of Karyal Mr. 0 10 3.050 0-10 - - - - 1.00 1.00 137 Khosa Mr. of Kingwa Distributary 0 11 3.355 0-11 - - - - 1.00 1.00 138 Lohara Mr. of Kingwa Distributary 0 28 8.540 0-28 - - - - 4.00 2.25 139 1 R Sub Mr. of Lohara Mr. 0 19.260 6.055 0-19.260 - - - - 1.00 1.00 140 2R Sub Mr. of Lohara Mr. 0 13.230 4.195 0-13.230 - - - - 1.00 1.00 141 Dharamkot Distributary ofS.B.C. 0 32.150 9.910 0-32.150 - - - - 3.00 3.00 142 6 R Distributary of S.B.C 0 147.150 44.985 0-147.150 - - - 2.00 143 Reherwan Mr. of-6R Distributary. 0 23 7.015 0-23 - - - - 1.50 1.50 144 Husmatwah Mr. of 6R Distributary. 0 34.200 10.570 0-34.200 - - -. - 1.50 1.50 145 Khanna Mr. of 6R Distributary 0 14 4.270 0-14 - - - - 1.50 1.50 146 Kamalnah Mr. of 6R Distributary. 0 14 4.270 0-14 - - - - 1.50 3.00 147 Nathuwah Mr. of 6R Distributary. 0 23.150 7.165 0-23.150 - - - - 1.50 1.50 148 Bahadurpur Mr. of 6R Distributary 0 48 14.640 0-48 - - - - 1.50 1.50 149 Aminwala Mr. of 6R Distributary 0 8.150 2.590 0-8.150 - - - . 1.00 1.00 150 Falehwah Mr. of 6R 0 25 7.625 0-25 - - - - 6.50 6.50 151 lIiahiwah Distributary of S.B.C. 0 65 19.528 0-65 - - - - 1.50 12.00 152 Attar! Mr. of IlIahiwah Distributary 0 10 3.050 0-10 - - - - 1.00 1.00 Zira Distributary of IlIahiwah 153 0 103 31.415 0-103 - - - - 4.00 4.16 Distributary. 154 2L Mr. ofZiraDistributary 0 43 13.115 0-43 - - - - 3.00 3.00 155 2L Mr. ofZiraDistributary 0 44 13.420 0-44 - - - - 1.50 266 156 1 R Sub Mr. of 2L Mr. 0 32 9.750 0-32 - - - - 1.50 2.00 157 2R Sub Mr. of 2L Mr. 0 6 1.830 0-6 - - - - 2.00 2.00 158 1R Mr. ofZiraDistributary 0 15 4.575 0-15 - - - - 2.50 2.50 159 1R Sub Mr. opt 1R Mr.(Abondonded) 0 6.170 2.000 0-6.170 - - - - 3.00 3.00' 160 3L Mr. ofZiraDistributary 0 15 4.575 0-15 - - - - 2.50 2.50 161 Anawan Mr. of liri Distributary. 0 26 15.555 0-26 - - - - 2.25 275 162 Sekhwan-Sub Mr. of Manawan Mr. 0 15 4.575 - 0-15 - - - 1.50 3.00 163 Karmiti-Sub Mr. of Manawan Mr. 5 48 13.115 - 5-48 - - - 1.50 1.50 164 Karmitikassi of Marmiti Sub Mr. 0 4 1.220 - 0-4 - - - 3.00 1.50 165 Daulatwa Distributary. of S B.C. 0 107.130 32.765 0-107.130 - - - - 1.50 4.00

11 TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) LENGTH S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO Kms. ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 166 Bakhek Guiiaran of Daulalwa Distributary 0 14 4.270 0-14 - - - - 3.00 2.00 167 Sherpur Mr. of Daulalwa Distributary. 0 18 5.490 0-18 - - - - 1.50 2.00 168 Aggawah Distributary. of S.B.C. 0 117.091 35.776 0-117.091 - - - - 1.50 8.00 169 Phida Mr. of Aggawah Distributary. 0 6.120 1.950 0-6.120 - - - - 1.00 1.00 170 Mehil Mr. of Aggawah Distributary 0 31.215 9.670 0-31.215 - - - - 1.50 3.00 171 Katera Mr. of Aggawah Distributary 0 14 4.270 0-14 - - - - 1.50 3.00 172 Nurpur Mr. of Aggawah Distributary. 0 33 10.065 0-33 - - - - 1.50 3.00 173 Santuwala Mr. of Agqawah Distributary 0 8.290 2.730 0-8.290 - - - - 1.00 1.00 174 Ferozepur Feeder 0 168.210 51.450 0-80 80-168.210 - - - 16.50 16.50 175 Sodhinaqar Distributary of Ferozepur Feede 0 18 5.490 0-18 - - - - 2.00 2.00 176 Sultan khan Mr. of Sodhinagar Distributary 0 32.150 9.910 0-16 16-32.150 - - - 1.50 2.00 177 Hamwah Mr. of Sodhinaqar Distributary 0 25.060 7.685 0-8 8-25.060 - - - 1.25 1.75 178 Ittianwali Sub Mr. of Hamwah Mr. 0 5 1.525 - 0-5 - - - 1.50 1.50 179 Landa-Bhaba Sub Mr. of Harnwah Mr. 0 8 2.440 - 0-8 - - - 1.50 1.50 180 Mayyawah Distributary. of Ferozepur Feeder 0 90 27.450 0-25 25-90 - - - 1125 1125 181 Faridewah Mr. of Mayyawah Distributary. 0 8.150 2.590 0-8.150 - - - - 1.00 1.00 182 Gill Mr. of Mayyawah Distributary 0 14 4.270 - 0-14 - - - 10.00 3.00 183 Ferozepur Mr. of Mayyawah Distributary. 0 15 4.575 - 0-15 - - - 5.00 5.00 184 Hastewah Mr. of Mayyawah Distributary. 0 24.178 7.490 - 0-24.170 - - - 4.00 4.00 185 Santpura Sub Mr. of Hastewah Mr.' 0 10 3.050 - 0-10 - - - 5.00' 5.00 186 lIIaichiwah Mr. of Mavvawah Distributary 0 20 6.100 - 0-20 - - - 6.00 6.00 187 Mallwal Jadid Mr. of Mavvawah Distributary 0 34 10.370 - 0-34 - - - 5.00 5.00 188 Jhoke-Harihar Distributary of FZR Feeder 0 29.150 8.995 .- 0-29.150 - - - 10.00 10.00 189 Sirhind Feeder of FZR Feeder 0 87 26.535 0-40 40-87 - - - No Strip 18.00 190 Karmuwala Distributary of Slrhind Feeder 0 26 7.930 - 0-26 - - - 1.50 1.50 191 Ghall Distributary of Sirhind Feeder 0 9.210 2.955 - 0-9.210 - - - 6.00 3.00 192 1 L Mr. of Ghall Distributary 0 5.050 1.575 - 0-5.050 - - - 3.00 1.50 193 Kassu-Begu Distributary. of Sirhind Feeder 0 87.150 26.685 - 0-87.150 - - - 1.50 12.00 194 Mallwal Kadim Mr. of Kassubegu Distributary 0 17.170 5.355 - 0-17.170 - - - 2.00 2.00 195 Mallwal-Kadim Sub Mr. of Mallwalkadi 0 8 2.440 - 0-8 - - - 2.00 2.00 196 Sapawala Mr. of Kassubegu Distributary 0 33 10.065 - 0-33 - - - 9.50 9.50 197 Butewah Distributary of Makhu Canal 0 162.150 49.560 0-70 70-162.150 - - - 3.50 3.50 198 Old-Butewah Distributary 0 7 2.135 0-7 - - - - 3.00 3.00 199 Fatehgarh of Butewah Distributary. 0 32 9.760 0-32 - - - - 2.00 1.00 200 Gurdittiwala Mr. of Butewah Distributary. 0 36.360 . 11.040 0-36.060 - - - - 2.00 1.50 201 Karian Mr. of Butewah Distributary. . 0 12 3.660. 0-12 - - - 3.00 3.00 202 Vamishwah Distributary of Makku Canal 0 73 22.265 0-73 - - - - 2.50 2.50 203 Sarhali Mr. of Vamishwah Distributary. 0 17.030 5.215 0-17.030 - - - - 2.50 2.50 204 Mallanwala Mr. of Vamishwala Distributary 0 5.060 1.585 0-5.060 - - - - 1.00 1.00

12 AVG. WIDTH (in TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS S.N LENGTH mts) NAME OF STRIPS O. FROM TO Kms. ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 205 Bikaner Canal 0 368.15 97.140 - 0-45 45-225 225-294 294-368.15 15.00 15.00 206 Eastern Canal 0 26 7.930 - 0-26 - . - - No StIip 10.00 207 Changa Distributary. of Eastern Canal 0 42 12.800 - 0-42 - - 5.00 10.00 208 Jalalabad Mr. 0 45 13.725 - 0-45 - - - 5.00 5.00 209 Ladhuke Distributary 0 181 55.205 - - 0-160 160-181 - 5.00 4.75 210 Qutabgarh Mr. of Ladhuke Distributary. 0 21 6.405 - - 0-21 - - 1.50 1.50 211 Blalelke Mr. of Ladhuke Distributary. 0 22 6.7'0 - - 0-22 - - 4.00 2.00 212 Pindi Mr. of Ladhuke Distributary. 0 30.060 9.210 - - 0-30.060 - - 2.00 2.00 213 Lamchar Mr. of Ladhke Distributary. 0 23 7.015 - - 0-23 - - 2.00 2-00 214 Bahadaur-Ke Distributary. 0 76.240 23.420 - - 0-76.240 - - 2.00 2-00 215 Wadeke Mr. of Bahadur-Ke Distributary. 0 22 6.710 - - 0-22 - - 1.50 1.50 216 Mamk-ut Distributary of Eastern Canal 0 216 65.880 - 0-60 60-216 - - 6.25 6.25 217 Sodhiwala Distributary. of Eastern Canal 0 59 17.995 - 0-59 - - - 4.00 4.00 218 Machiwara Mr. of Sodhiwala Distributary. 0 37 11.285 - 0-37 - - - 4-.00 4.00 219 Main Br. Canal 0 239 72.895 - 0-19 19-215 215-239 - 10.00 10.00 220 Shalewala Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 3.225 1.140 - - 0-3.225 - - 4.00 4.00 221 Roranwali Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 11 3.355 - - 0-11 - - 2.00 2.00 222 Kahan Singh Wala Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 58 17.690 - - 0-58 - - 6.00 6.00 223 Guruhar Shai Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 18 5.490 - - 0-18 - - 2.00 3.00 224 Jhawala Mr. of G.H.S. Distributary. 0 22 6.710 - - 0-22 - - 2.00 2.00 225 Rattewala Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 15 4.575 - - 0-15 - - 6.00 6.00 226 Tarobri Distributory. of M.B.C. 0 71 21.655 - - 0-41 40-71 - 5.00 5.00 227 Kehar Singh Wala Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 14 4.270 - - 0-14 - - 3.00 1.50 228 Mehma Distributary of M.B.C. 0 14 4.270 - - 0-14 - - 1.50 1.50 229 Kharani Distributary of M.B.C. 0 11 3.355 - - 0-11 - - 3.00 3.00 230 Shannwala DisHy. of M.B.C. 0 13.260 4.225 - - 0-13.260 - - 1.50 1.50 231 Saide-Ke Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 50 15.250 - - 0-50 - - 4.00 4.00 232 Nizamwah Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 102 31.110 - - 0-102 - - 5.25 6.00 233 1 L Mr. of Nizamwah Distributary 0 1 .190 0.495 - - 0-1.190 - - 1.50 1.50 234 2L Mr. of Nizamwah Distributary 0 3.100 1.015 - - 0-3.100 - - 1.50 1.50 233 3L Mr. of Nizamwah Distributary 0 5.180 1.705 - - 0-5.180 - - 1.50 2-00 236 Barketwah Mr. of Nizamwah Distributary 0 58.275 17.965 - - 0-58.275 - - 7.00 6.00 237 Faizwah Mr. of Nizamwah Distributary 0 50 15.250 - - 0-50 - - 1.75 1.75 238 Kalewala Distributary of M.B.C. 0 42.150 M 12.960 - - 0-42.150 - - 3.00 3.00 239 Ghanga Mr. of Kalewala Distributary 0 11.150 Mts. 3.303 - - 0-11.150 - - 1.50 3.00 240 Mauzam Link Canal of M.B.C. 0 29 8.845 - - - 0-29 - 3.00 3.00 241 Faziika Distributary of M.B.C. 0 97 29.585 - - - 0-97 - 5.00 2-50 242 Askamwala Mr. of Fazilka Distributary 0 45 13.725 - - - 0-45 - 5.00 1.00 3.00 Kenan Mr. of Fazilka Distributary 243 0 45 13.725 - - - 0-45 - 3.00

13 LENGTH TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) Kms. S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 244 Lalowali Mr. of Fazilka Distributary 0 29 8.846 - - - 0-29 - 1.00 100 245 Mozam Mr. of Fazilka Distributary. 0 70 21.350 - - - 0-70 - 1.00 1.00 246 Awa Mr. of Fazilka Distributary 0 5. 150 1.675 - - - 0-5.150 - 1.00 1.00 247 Haui Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 35 10.675 - - - 0-35 - 2.00 2.00 248 Serian Mr. of Hauj Distributary. 0 15 4.575 - - - 0-15 - 3.00 3.00 249 Bandiwa La Distributary of M.B.C. 0 34 10.370 - - - 0-34 - 3.00 3.00 250 Jandwala Mr. of Bandiwala Distributary. 0 73 22.265 - - - 0-73 - 4.00 4.00 251 Subana Mr. of Bandiwala Distributary. 0 7 2.135 - - - 0-7 - 2.00 2.00' 252 Chakpakhi Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 40 12.200 - - - 0-40 - 3.00 3.00 253 State Distributary of M.B.C. 0 23.200 . 7.215 - - - 0-23.200 - 4.50 4.00 254 Moradwala Mr. of State Distributary 0 30 9.150 - - - 0-30 - 3.00 3.00 255 Southern Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 82.150 25.160 - - - 0-82.150 - 18.00 7.50 256 Khui Khera Mr. of Southern Distributary 0 35 10.675 - - - 0-35 - 2.50 NoStrip 257 Hirawala Mr. of Southern Distributary 0 45 13.725 - - - 0-45 - 3.00 3.00 258 Choudhary Mr. of Southern Distributary 0 15 4.575 - - - 0-15 - 2.00 2.00 259 New Lakha Mr. of Southern Distributary. 0 24 7.320 - - - - 0-24 5.00 3.00 260 Kheowali Distributary of M.B.C. 0 25 7.625 - - - 0-25 - 3.00 4.50 261 Abohar Branch Canal(AB .Canal) 587 629135 12.945 - - - - 58729.135 30.00 2200 262 Kekri Distributary of AB Canal 85 150.100 19.925 85-150.100 - - - - 2.00 3.00 263 5L Mr. of Kekri Distributary 2.072 Mts 27.210 4.713 12.072 - - - - 2.00 2.00 27.210 - 264 6 R Mr . of Kekri Distributary 0 7 2.135 0-7 - - - - 2.00 2.00 265 7 R Mr. of Kekri Distributary 0 17 5.185 0-17 - - - - 2.00 2.00 266 8 L Mr of Kekri Distributary 0 3 0.915 0-3 - - - - 1.00 2.00 267 F.S.B. of AB CANAL 110 235 38.125 - 110-235 - - - 25.00 25.00 268 Golewal Distributary of F.S.B. 0 24 7.320 - 0-24 - - - 2.00 4.00 269 Ditch Channal of AB CANAL 110 135 7.625 - 110-135 - - - 10.00 No 270 Mudhki Distributary of Ditch Channa I 0 44 13.420 - 0-44 - - - 4.50 4.50 271 Jeet Distributary. of Ditch Channa!. 0 36 10.980 - 0-36 - - - 4.00 4.00 272 Link Channal of Jeet Distributary. 0 5.150 1.675 - 0-5.150 - - - 2.00 2.00 273 Fidda Distributary 0 7.180 2.315 - 0-7.180 - - - 2.00 2..00 274 Amiwala Distributary of AB CANAL 87 . 145 17.690 - - - 87.115 115-145 5.00 5.00 275 Bhagsar Mr. of Amiwala Distributary 55 90 10.675 - - - 55-90 - 3.00 3.00 276 Suban Sub Mr. of Bhagsar Mr. 0 10 3.050 - - - 0-10 - 3.00 2..00 277 Barn Sub Mr. of Bhagsar Mr. 0 14.070 4.340 - - - 0-14.070 2.00 2.00 278 Singhpura Sub Mr. of Bhagsar Mr. 0 10 3.050, - - - 0-10 - 1.50 1.50 279 Nukerian Sub MR. of Bhagsar Mr. 0 24 7.320 - - - 0-24 - 3.00 2..00 280 Bhagsar Rad Kassi of Bhagsar Mr. 0 9 2.745 - - - 0-9 - 1.00 1.00 29 281 Kamalwala Mr. of Amiwala Distributary. 0 8.845 - - - - 0-29 2.00 3.00

14 TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO LENGTH ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD Kms Kamalwala Rad Kassi of Arniwala 282 0 5 1.525 - - - 0-5 - 2.00 2.00 Distributary 283 Mullianwala Mr. of Amiwala Distributary 16 40 7.320 - - - 16-40 - 3.00 1.00 284 Kundal Mr. of Amiwala Distributary. 0 3 0.915 - - - 0-3 - 1.50 1.50 285 Wazidpur Mr. of Amiwala Distributary. 0 12 3.660 - - - - 0-12 1.00 1.00 286 Jhotianwali Kassi (Abandonded) 0 15 4.575 - - - 0-15 - 2.00 2.00 287 Lambi Distributary of AB CANAL 107.150 261 46.820 - - - - 107.150-261 1.50 7.00 288 Tarmala Mr. of Lambi Distributary 7.150 53 7.780 - - - - 7.150-53 2.00 2.00 289 Kular Mr. of Lambi Distributary. 0 17.260 2.445 - - - - 0-17.260 1.00 1.00 290 Malukpur Distributary of AB CANAL 32 198.200 50.830 - - - - 32.198-200 3.00 7.330 291 Dhaba Mr. of Malukpur Distributary 0 18 5.490 - - - - 0-18 3.00 3.00 292 Dhaba Rad Kassi of Dhaba Mr. 0 8 2.440 - - - - 0-8 1.50 1.50 293 Ramsara Mr. of Malukpur Distributary: 0 95 28.975 - - - - 0-95 4.50 4.50 294 Khatwan Sub Mr. of Ramsar Mr.' 0 18 5.490 - - - - 0-18 1.50 1.50 295 Jhurar Khera Sub Mr. of Ramsara Mr. 0 7 2.135 - - - - 0-7 1.50 1.50 296 Dalatpur Mr. of Malukpur Distributary 0 101.078 30.883 - - 4 - 0-101.078 3.00 9.00 297 Daulatpur Mr. of Malukpur Distributary. 0 1 0.305 - - - - 0-1 6.00 6.00 298. Dharampura Sub Mr. of Daulatpur Mr. 0 15 4.575 - - - - 0-15 1.50 1.50 299 Alamgarh Sub Mr. of Daulatpur Mr. 0 6 1.830 - - - - 0-6 9.00 4.00 300 Gidderanwali Sub Mr. of Daulatpur Mr. 0 11 3.355 - - - - 0-11 2.00 4.00 301 Maujgarh Sub Mr. of Daulatpur Mr. 0 15 4.575 - - - - 0-15 1.50 1.50 302 Kikar Khera Mr. of Malukpur Distributary. 0 7 2.135 - - - - 0-7 1.50. 1.50 Waryam Khera Mr. opf Malukpur 303 0 15 4.575 - - - - 0-15 1.50 1.50 Distributary 304 Dhingawali Mr. of Malukpur Distributary. 0 12 3.660 - - - - 0-12 1.50 1.50 Bhangar Khera Mr. of Malukpur 305 0 17 5.185 - - - - 0-17 1.50 1.50 Distributary 306 Achadki Mr. of Malukpur Distributary 0 10 3.050 - - - - 0-10 1.50 1.50 307 Gumial Mr. of Malukpur Distributary 0 10 3.050 - - - - 0-10 1.50 1.50 308 Aspal Mr; of AB CANAL 25 60 10.675 - - - - 25-60 4.50 4.50 309 Rurianwali Rad Kassi of Aspal Mr. 0 12 3.660 - - - - 0-12 1.00 1.00 310 Balana Mr. 0 10 3.050 - - - - 0-10 1.00 1.00 311 Bahawal Bassi Kassi 0 10 3.050 - - - - 0-10 1.00 1.00 312 Gobindgarh Mr. 0 12 3.660 - - - - 0-12 1.00 1.00 313 Escape Mr. 0 3 0.915 - - - - 0-3 1.00 1.00 314 Sarwan Mr. 25 55 9.150 - - - - 25-55 1.00 1.00 315 Paniawa Distributary. AB Canal 0 76 23.180 - - - - 0-76 3.00 3.00 316 Abohar Mr. of Paniawa Distributary 0 21 6.405 - - - - 0-21 1.00 1.00, . 317 Arohar Rad Kassi of Abohar Mr. 0 10 3.050 - - - 0-10 1.00 1.00 - 318 Dangar Khera Mr. of Panjawa Distributary. 0 24 7.320 - - - - 0-24 1.00 1.00 319 Khyan Rad Kassi of Paniwa Distributary 0 13 3.965 - - - - 0-13 1.00 1.00 320 Azamwala Mr. of Panjawa Distributary. 0 25 7.625 - - - - 0-25 3.00 3.00

15 LENGTH TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) Kms. S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD 321 Jandwala Mr. of Panjawa Distributary 0 30 9.150 - - - - 0-30 1.00 1.00 322 Bakainwala Sub Mr. of Jandwala Mr 0 27 8.225 - - - - 0-27 1.00 1.00 323 Panjkosi Mr. of Panjawa Distributary 0 6 1.830 - - - - 0-6 1.00 1.00 Bakainwala Rad Kassi of Panjawa 324 0 12 3.660 - - - - 0-12 8.00 8.00 Distributary Khipanwali Rad Kassi of Panjawa 325 0 7 2.135 - - - - 0-7 1.00 1.00 Distributary 326 Kundal Rad Kassi 0 10 3.050 - - - - 0-10 1.00 1.00 327 Gadhadob Rad Kassi 0 7 2.135 - - - - 0-7 1.00 1.00 Karamgarh Rad Kassi of Karamgarh 328 6 78 4.270 - - - - 65-79 7.00 7.00 Distributary 329 Sukhchain Distributary of Sirhind Feeder 65 148 16.165 - - - - 95-148 3.00 5.00 330 Ramulpur Mr. of Sukhchain Distributary 0 14.150 4.420 - - - - 0-14.150 1.00 2.00 Bhagsar Rad Kassi of Sukhchain 331 0 12 3.660 - - - - 0-12 1.00 1.00 Distributary Total 2191.672 586.319 418.735 421-815 336-375 428-628 ESCAPES & BUND 332 L.M Bund 0 47 14.335 0-47 - - - - 6.50 6.50 333 Fagehgarh Drain 0 32 9.760 0-32 - - - - 2.00 3.00 334 5L Bunch 92 150 17.690 92-150 - - - - 5.00 7.00 335 Gidderpindi F.P. Bund 0 57 17.385 0-57 - - - - 6.50 6.50 336 Kussuwala F.P Bund-I 0 18 5.490 0-18 - - - - 6.50 6.50 337 Kussuwala F.P Bund-II 0 23 7.015 0-23 - - - - 7.00 7.00 338 Khanna Bund 0 20 6.100 0-20 - - - - 5.00 5.00 339 Zira Drain 13 50 11.285 13-50 - - - - 1.50 3.00 340 Baserewah Drain 0 40 12.200 0-40 - - - - 2.00 3.00 341 Dharam Singh wala Drain 0 25 7.625 0-25 - - - - 2.00 3.00 342 Mallian Drain 0 33 10.065 0-33 - - - - 1.50 1.50 343 Talwandi Drain 0 34 10.370 0-34 - - - - 2.25 1.50 344 Talwandi Sub Drain 0 11.250 3.605 0-11.250 - - - - no strip 3.00 345 Makhu Drain 0 56 17.080 0-56 - - - - 2.00 1.00 346 Maujgarh Drain 0 22 6.710 0-22 - - - - 1.00 1.00 347 Dharamkot Drain 0 33 10.065 0-33 - - - - 6.00 12.00 348 Kishanpura Drain 0 40 12.200 0-40 - - - - 1.00 3.00 349 Harike F.P Bund 0 111 33.855 0-70 70-111 - - - 11.25 13.25 350 Ferozeshah Drain 0 90 27.450 60-90 0-60 - - - 3.00 3.00 351 Sukar Nala Drain 0 280 85.400 40-280 0-40 - - - 2.00 5.00 352 L.M Bund 24 82 17.690 - 24-82 - - - 10.00 36.00 353 Keendywala Spar Bund 0 5 1.525 - 0-5 - - - 12.50 12.50 354 Neki Ram Bund 0 38.200 11.790 - 0-38.200 - - - 14.00 14.00 355 Dhinger Spar Bund 0 2 0.610 - 0-2 - - - 12.00 12.00

356 R.M Bund 0 21.150 6.555 - 0-21.150 - - - 12.00 12.00

16 LENGTH TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) Kms. S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 357 Hockey Bund 0 2 0.610 - 0-2 - - - 12.00 12.00 358 Old City Ferozepur Bund 7 29 6.710 - 7-29 - - - 12.50 12.50 359 Landy spar Bund 0 4 1.220 - 0-4 - - - 12.50 12.50 360 Sodhi Nagar Drain 0 24.150 7.470 - 0-24 - - - 9.00 9.00 361 Sodhi Nagar Outfall drain 0 17.070 5.255 - 0-17 - - - 3.00 1.50 362 Talwandi Drain 0 18 5.490 - 0-18 - - - 1.50 3.00 363 Mandot Drain 0 32.240 10.000 - 0-32 - - - no strip 10.00 364 Fidda Outfall drain 0 172.250 52.710 - 90-172 - - - 11.50 12.50 365 Jalalabad Main drain 0 190 57.950 - - 12-190 0-12 - 2.00 4.00 366 Jand Bhan Drain 30 115 25.925 - - 85-115 30-85 - 15.00 15.00 367 Tarobri Drain 0 99 30.195 - - 30-99 0-30 - 11.00 11.00 368 Jalalabad Mauzam Drain 0 77 23.485 - - 30-77 0-30 - 8.25 8.25 369 Jiwa Arian Drain 0 42.150 12.960 - - 0-42.150 - - 1.00 1.00 370 Jandwala Drain 0 59 17.995 - - 0-59 - - 1.50 6.00 371 Jand Bhan Outfall drain 0 42.150 12.960 - - 0-42.150 - - 4.00 4.00 372 Guru Har Shai Drain 0 30 9.150 - - 0-30 - - 1.50 1.50 373 Barketwah Drain 0 125 38.125 - - 0-125 - - 1.50 4.50 374 Deep Singh wala drain 0 22 6.710 - - 0-22 - - 2.00 2.00 375 Gholewala Drain 0 22 6.710 - - 0-22 - - 3.00 3.00 376 Rorainwala Drain 0 10 3.050 - - 0-10 - - 3.00 3.00 377 Kahan Singh wala drain 0 25 7.625 - - 0-25 - - 3.00 3.00 378 Chugga Drain 0 20 6.100 - - 0-20 - - 2.00 2.00 379 L.M Bund 20 37 21.350 - - - 20-37 - 6.50 6.50 380 Pacca Defence Bund 0 12 3.660 - - - 0-12 - 7.00 7.00 381 Mumbeke Bund 0 - 2.745 - - - 0-9 - 3.00 3.00 382 Churhiwala Bund 0 6 1.830 - - - 0-6 - 2.00 2.00 383 Muradwala Bund 0 6 1.830 - - - 0-6 - 10.00 4.50 384 Nurshah Bund 0 12 3.660 - - - 0-12 - 17.00 17.00 385 Sabuana Drain 0 29 8.845 - - - 0-29 - 8.00 8.00 386 Kaurianwala Drain 0 75 22.875 - - - 0-75 - 4.00 4.00 387 Tahliwala Dodla Drain 0 52 15.860 - - - 0-52 - 4.00 4.00 388 Ladhuka Drain 0 25 7.625 - - - 0-25 - 4.00 4.00 389 Theh Qalander Drain 0 21 6.405 - - - 0-21 - 1.00 1.00 390 Sureshwala Drain 0 33 10.065 - - - 0-33 - 1.50 1.50 391 Turkanwali Drain 0 30 9.150 - - - 0-30 - 3.00 3.00 392 Shatiwala Drain 0 15 4.575 - - - 0-15 - 3.00 1.00 393 Shatirwala Drain 0 15 4.575 - - - 0-15 - 1.00 3.00 394 Fazilka Drain 0 24 7.320 - - - 0-24 - 5.00 5.00 395 Serian Drain 0 55 16.775 - - - 0-55 - 2.00 2.00

17 LENGTH TOTAL RANGEWISE LENGTH IN KILOMETERS AVG. WIDTH (in mts) Kms. S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS FROM TO ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR LEFT RIGHT KM/RD KM/RD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 396 Hockey Bund 0 10 3.050 - - - 0-10 - 2.00 4.00 397 Old City Ferozepur Bund 0 63 19.215 - - - 0-25 25-45 1.50 3.00 398 Landy spur Bund 0 75.150 23.025 - - - 15-75.15 0-15 2.00 7.50

Total 906.695 282.682 143.190 247.655 222.495 10.675

18 1.5 Irrigation : The plantations of forest areas in this division meet their water requirements either from rains or from the canals or hand watering by water tankers. The rains during winter & summer are uncertain. Young plantations can make use of the existing facilities of irrigation from canals. Pumping sets must be arranged for this purpose. Sub-soil water is at a moderate depth in the tract. The average water table of the area varies from 5 M to 20 M. However, the ground water in most of the areas of the division is not very suitable for plants. 1.6 Drainage : The tract in general is well drained. Low areas along the strips get flooded during rainy season. Area close to the river Sutlej get flooded and water logged conditions prevail in low lying areas temporarily. The establishment of economical species in water logged areas is a serious problem. In Abohar and Fazilka Ranges water logging is very severe. More advanced techniques and professional knowledge should be applied in tackling such problematic areas. Digging of deep trenches or ditches to drain off water from water logged areas and then planting on the raised mounds can be one of the techniques that may prove useful in the reclamation and afforestation. 1.7 Distribution of Area :- This division is divided into five ranges- Ferozepur Range, Zira Range, Jalalabad Range, Fazilka Range & Abohar Range. The area is divided into two major categories viz Block Forests & Strip Forests. The total forest area covered under this plan is 9429.84 ha comprising 1198.50 ha of block forest, 1138 ha of rail strip, 1946 ha of road strip, 3944.31 ha of canal strip & 1203 ha of drain/bunds. (a) Strips : The total area of the strips along the roads, canals, railways, drains and Bunds is as under :- 1 Road Strips 1946.00 ha 2 Railway Lines 1138.00 ha 3 Canals 3944.31 ha 4 Drains/Bunds 1203.00 ha ------Total 8231.31 ha (b) Block Forests :

19 The total area of block forest is 1198.50 ha. There are three categories of Block forest which have been dealt with under this working Plan. (i) Reserve Forests (ii) Protected Forest and (iii) Evacuee Lands (unclassed Forests) (i) Reserve Forest : There is only one Reserve Forest namely Chak Sarkar having area of 433.33 ha which has been further divided into 20 compartments of various sizes. (ii) Protected Forest :- There are nine such forest areas in this division. The total area of protected forests in the division is 345.2 ha (iii) Evacuee (Unclassed) Forests :- There are fifteen such forest areas in this division. The total area of these forest is 420.00 ha. 1.8 Width of the Strips : All the strips vary in size. Some are very narrow and are suitable for planting in a single row of plants but some are very wide. Canals like Ferozepur Feeder, Sirhind Feeder, Bikaner Canal, Eastern Canal, Main Branch Canal and roads like Delhi-Hisar-Sulmanki road and Ludhiana-Ferozepur road Malout-Fazilka road and strips of some railway lines are fairly wide. The classification on the basis of width can be as under :- (I) BROAD: Where more than four rows of plants can be planted. (II) MODERATE Where three to four rows can be planted. (III) NARROW: Where only two rows can be planted. (Iv) VERY NARROW: Where only one row can be planted.

Table No.4 gives the length and average width of each strip and their Range wise distribution. 1.9 INTER DEPARTMENTAL RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF STRIP FORESTS (a) ROADS Under the Inter Departmental Rules, 30' is to be left unplanted from the centre of the roads along State Highways In the case of National Highways, the first row of plants should be 11 Meters (35') from the centre of the road. (b) RAILWAYS:

20 The first row of plants should be 7.5 meters from the centre of the railway line. No planting is to be done under telephone and electricity lines. However, small shrubs can be planted under telephone and electricity lines, planting of Bougainvillea will splash colour along the strips. In case of embankments, slopes should not be planted. Inside of toe curves should not be planted in the interest of visibility. Station yards may be planted in consultation with railway authorities. On both sides of the un-manned level crossing, no planting should be allowed within 100 m on either side. No planting is to be done on Railway platforms and in Railway colonies. (c) CANALS: It has been laid out in the inter-departmental rules that first row should be planted 7.5 meters (25') away from the "Daula" of the major canals. In case closer planting is to be done the Divisional Forest Officer may, consult XEN Irrigation. Inter department rules are annexed in Annexure-XVII. 1.10 STATE OF BOUNDARIES The railway strips are well demarcated with the help of boundary pillars. There are boundary pillars along some of the roads and canals. There are no boundary pillars in case of Bunds and drain. Land plans for most of the canals, road and railway lines are available but in case of drains, bunds, distributaries and minor, they are not available in the Sub-divisions.

1.11 LEGAL POSITION (a) STRIPS The ownership of canal, road, bund and drain strips and Block forests vests with the Punjab Government whereas that of Railway Strips vests with the Central Government. The Strips have been transferred to the Punjab Forest Department for management vide Govt. Letter No. 6058-Ft-II/3305 date 31.12.1957 and have been declared protected forests under Chapter-IV of I. F.A. of 1927 vide Punjab Govt. Notification No., 1122-Ft-58/ 1195 dated 3.5.1958.(Annexure II) Before transfer of these strips their management was with irrigation, P.W.D. (B&R) and Railway authorities, for canals, roads and rails respectively. (b) BLOCK FOREST

21 There is 433.33 Ha area under Reserve Forests. In the year 1953,1383 Acre (560 Ha) of land of Chak sarkar was transferred to the State Forest Department by the Punjab Govt. vide Memo No.694-R-53/1963 dt 5.9.53. This area was declared as Protected forest vide Punjab Government Notification No. 3729k-Ft-55/3117 dated 7.10.1955 under the Indian Forest Act, 1927. Vide Punjab government revenue Department Memo No. J839-JN-IV-58/1449 dated 20.3.1958, land measuring 300 acre(121 Ha) was transferred to D.C, Ferozepur and was allotted to private people under provisions of Nazoolland (transfer) rules,1956. Demarcation of the remaining area was done in the year 1963. Now Chak Sarkar has been declared as Reserve Forest Vide Punjab Govt. Notification No. 222flYIIl-731 35837 dated 21-11-1973 (Annexure- III) (C) EVACUEE LANDS: Punjab Government vide Memo. No. 2928-Ft-71/3934 dated 15-10-1971 transferred an area of 3541Acres, 4 Kanal, 13 Marlas (1434 ha) Gair Mumkin Evacuee land to the Punjab Forest Department for raising plantation (Annexure-IV). Out of the above 206 acre, 5 Kanal and 13 Marlas(183 Ha) was situated in Jalandhar Division and 3334 Acre 7 Kanal (1350 Ha) was in Ferozepur Forest Division. Out of this 1350 ha area, 546.30 ha area is under the physical possession of the Punjab Forest Department . This area should be declared as Protected Forest under Chapter IV of Indian Forest Act, 1927. In addition to above areas, 147.77 Ha evacuee area pertaining to Chak Sarkar Mohaji Bagheke Block forest has been declared as a Protected Forest vide Punjab Govt, notification Endst No.39/54/95/Ft-II!-2307 , dated 2-3-98. (Annexure-V) In addition to above areas 631 Acre, 0 Kanal, 15 Marlas of evacuee area pertaining to Ardraman was transfer to Moga Range under Faridkot Forest Division and 82 Acre, 0 Kanal, 16 Marlas of evacuee area pertaining to Talwandi Nepala was transferred to Harike Wild Life Sanctuary vide Notification No 34/7/99-Ft-IV/16393 Dt. 18-11-1999.

22 Table 1.5 Detail of unclassed forest notified as protected Forest is as follows : S. Name of Land Area Notification No. Dated Annexure No Acre Kanal Marla 1 Chak Sarkar Mohaji 364 7 16 39/54/95/FT-3/2307 2-3-98 Annexure-VI Bage ke 2 Dine Ke 51 6 1 39/124/2001/FT-3/12478 20-8-01 Annexure-VII 3 Dulchi ke 46 5 5 39/103/2001/FT-3/12482 20-8-01 Annexure-VIII 4 Gatti Chak Jadid 116 6 9 39/125/2001FT-3/13226 30-8-01 Annexure-IX 5 Bare ke 123 2 1 39/150/2001FT-3/14085 14-9-01 Annexure-X 6 Alipur 2 7 4 39/24/2002FT-3/8439 10-6-02 Annexure-XI 7 Boole 28 5 5 39/23/2002FT-3/8659 12-6-02 Annexure-XII 8 Gatti Hari ke 120 5 7 39/63/2008FT-3/6412 8-8-11 Annexure-XIII 9 Ghudduwala 13 0.95 0 39/63/2008FT-3/6415 8-8-11 Annexure-XIV Total 863 45.95 58 or 345.2 ha

Table 1.6 Detail of Unclassed forest is as follows :- S. No 1. Block Forest Name of Notification No. & Date Area Range A K M 1 Hussianiwala Gulam Ferozepur - 62 0 0 Hussianiwala 2 Wear Estate Ferozepur - 172 0 0 3 Kamal Din Niyaji Ferozepur - 10 0 0 4 Machhian Zira 2938-Ft-1-71/3934 Dt. 15-8-71 13 0 12 5 Roshan Shah Wala Zira 2938-Ft-1-71/3934 Dt. 15-8-71 11 4 16 6 Hashmat Wala Zira 2938-Ft-1-71/3934 Dt. 15-8-71 5 6 12 7 Dhudian Zira 2938-Ft-1-71/3934 Dt. 15-8-71 19 5 18 8 Sooden Zira 2938-Ft-1-71/3934 Dt. 15-8-71 15 0 17 9 Bebal Wala Zira 2938-Ft-1-71/3934 Dt. 15-8-71 67 2 0 10 Shahdin Wala Zira 2938-Ft-1-71/3934 Dt. 15-8-71 108 0 11 11 Mahmood Wala Zira 2938-Ft-1-71/3934 Dt. 15-8-71 103 5 5 12 Hamad Wala Zira 2938-Ft-1-71/3934 Dt. 15-8-71 12 7 0 13 Dona Mattar Jalalabad - 417 0 0 14 Gatti Mattar Jalalabad - 25 0 0 15 Lakho Wali Jalalabad - 7 0 0 Total 1050 1 11 (420 ha)

23 1.12 RIGHTS AND CONCESSIONS: The ownership of the forests vests with State Govt. People do not have any rights over the forest areas except limited right of way. Block Forest areas are free from rights and concessions, 1.13 ENCROACHMENTS: Most of the forest areas are in the shape of linear strips and along the cultivated fields. Farmers are often tempted to encroach upon the Government land. However, permanent boundary pillars along railway lines, canals and roads enable the department to keep this menace under check. Information regarding land plans can further help in detecting encroachments in time end taking remedial measures. The state Government vide its notification No. 32 Leg./2004 dated 26.10.2004 has withdrawn the powers of collectors under P.P. act from the Divisional Forest Officers. As a result a lot of cases are pending in the courts of SDMs and the problem of encroachment is not being taken care of properly. Most of the evacuee lands are under encroachment from a long time. Some of the evacuee lands never came under possession of the forest department and were transferred to the forest department only on paper.

24 CHAPTER - II

THE FORESTS

2.1 THE COMPOSITION AND THE CONDITION OF THE CROP: Before the Forest Department took over management of these forests, they were in the shape of scattered patches and uneven in age group. The original scrub vegetation is still found in some areas. The scrub vegetation comprises of the following species: 1. Van (Salvadora oleoides) 2. Jand (Prosopis specigera) 3. Beri (Zizyphus mauritiana) These forests fall under the type of "Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests". The under growth consists of Malha (Zizyphus numularia), Hins (Capparis sepiaria) and few other thorny shrubs. Over Wood The over wood is mainly composed of Dalbergia sissoo (Shisham). Acacia nilotica, Acacia tortillas (Kikar/Babul),Eucalyptus hybrid,Terminalia arjuna (Arjan), Mangifera indica (Mango), Morus alba (Toot), Syzygiumcumini (Jamun), Albizzia lebbek (Siris), There is scattered presence of other species like Ficus benghalensis (Bohar), Ficus religiosa (pipal), Butea monosperma (Dhak), Poplar species, Zizyphus mauritiana (Beri), Bombax ceiba (Simal) and Cassiaspecies. Under Growth It consists of Zizyphus nummularia (Mallah), Artemisia scoparia (Jhau), Calotropis procera (Auk), Capparis sepiaria (Mins) Cannabis sativa (Bhang), Capparis aphylla (Karir), Carissa spinarum (Karonda), Cassia tora (Panwar), Lantana camara (Punj Phulli) and Adhatoda vasica (Basuti). Ground Flora It comprises of number of grasses, herbs and shrubs. Most of the strips especially the water logged and low-lying areas, bear dense growth of Kana and Kahi (Sachrum spp.). Cynodon dactylon (Khabbal) is found in unfavorable and moderately grazed areas. Cenchrus species (Amjan) grows in sandy places, Desmostachya bipinnata (Daby) flourishes under dry conditions.

25 Panni (Vetiveria zizanioides) is met in heavy soils which get flooded, and Buter (Typha elephentina) grows in water logged sites. Areas which have slight salinity carry Aristoda species, and highly saline areas are devoid of grass growth. Sariala is also found in strip areas.

Weeds The most common weeds encountered are Parthenium hysterophorus, Lantana camara and Amaranthus retrofiexus. Typha angustata (paatiru) and Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) are commonly found in stagnant water on stretches and indicates permanent water logging conditions. Prosopis juliflora has also invaded certain strips primarily in saline areas

Status of Natural Regeneration The condition of natural regeneration is very poor and in some places almost non- existent. The condition is worse in strips subject to high biotic pressure and interference. No significant effort was made to regenerate the areas naturally during the last few decades. 2.2 Injuries to which crop is liable 2.2.1 Natural calamity 2.2.1.1 Fire During summer months, the forest fires are a regular feature in the forests. The forests having thick growth of kana, kahi and dhab grasses have the danger of forest fires in the hot season. Forest fires also occur after the harvesting season when the farmers in the adjoining areas burn their agricultural residue in fields and the fire extends to the forest areas. 2.2.1.2 Drought: In the dry and hot months from April-June, the drought causes considerable damage to young plantations. Prolonged winter drought also causes damage to young crops. The effects of frost are more severe in case of winter droughts. In saline soils, physiological drought due to high content of salts in soil causes considerable damage to the plantations. This situation could be averted by irrigation wherever possible. 2.2.1.3 Frosts Due to heavy frost, the seedlings of Neem, Kikar, Teak and Mango get damaged. In saline patches, the crop gets affected to a greater extent.

26 2.2.2 Grazing Grazing and browsing is a sever threat to the young plantations in the strip forests as the adjoining fields are cultivated and cattle have no other place for grazing. The major reason for this grazing pressure is the shrinking of pasture areas in the village common lands due to changed land-use pattern. Though the percentage of migrant grazers coming from neighboring states like Rajasthan is relatively low, their effect is quite drastic. This practice of permitting of grazing has to be discouraged and should be strictly enforced in future also as the damage caused by grazing and browsing is very high. The measures to control the menace of grazing should be discussed in the Chapter of Miscellaneous Regulations (Chapter XIV).

2.2.3 Insects and pests In the previous Working Plan period insect and pest attack was severe in Kikar and Shisham and there was a large scale casualty of these species. The department had engaged a team of scientists from Y.S.Parmar University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh to study the occurrence of drying of these species. The study report has attributed this mortality to combination of factors like change in climate, depletion of ground water level apart from pests and diseases.

2.2.4 Illicit Felling There is a tendency of the farmers to remove trees along their fields from the strips/ block forest and gradually encroach upon Government land. The local people also cut trees to meet their requirements of timber. The intensity of this type of felling is high near the towns and villages. Apart from this, organized gang of illicit fellers are also present in the Ferozepur forest division. The incidences of illicit feling are more frequent during winter season.

27 CHAPTER - III

UTlLIZATION OF THE FOREST PRODUCE

3.1 Agricultural Customs and Wants of the People:

The local population is mostly dependent upon agriculture and there is a heavy demand of fuel wood and small timber for agricultural implements. Besides these, there is demand of good timber for furniture making, house construction, bodyfbuilding of trucks and buses, making sports goods etc. A number of wood based industries have come up in the state and the demand for forest based raw materials is likely to grow up many fold.

3.2 Marketable products: The timber, which is normally traded for furniture and general construction work are Shisham, Eucalyptus and Kikar. Kikar is used for making agricultural implements. Eucalyptus wood is used for battens, construction, and in making crates. These are in great demand in Punjab and neighboring states. Poplar wood is being sought for matchstick, Plywood and packing industry. Mulberry wood is used by the sports goods industry in Jalandhar. Eucalyptus billets are supplied to a paper mill. New units of plywood and hard board have also come up which use Poplar, Mango and even Eucalyptus as raw material. 'Kana' and 'Kahi' are the two grasses used for paper manufacturing and electricity generation through Biomass energy plants. For firewood, generally, kikar, eucalyptus and lops and tops of Shisham are used by the local people. 3.3 Lines of Export:

A network of link roads and district roads connect with the National Highway No.10 and 15 passing through the Ferozepur Forest Division. Similarly the Northern Railway has a good network of railway lines in the Division. Therefore there is enough communication infrastructures available for the export of material even to long distances outside the state.

28 3.4 Methods of Exploitation and their Costs:

Exploitation of timber is done through two agencies- the Forest Department, which marks the trees that are to be felled and the Punjab State Forest Development Corporation, who does the actual felling. Felling, conversion and transportation are done on mechanical and economical basis. Imported tools and machinery like power chain saws have been introduced for this purpose. Local labour is also employed for felling, conversion, logging, transport and loading. All these activities are the responsibility of the PSFDC once the marking list of the trees is handed over to them. The Forest Department gets royalty on various trees exploited or sold by the Corporation. Sometimes when the Corporation is not in a position to cut all the trees offered, then these trees are sold through open auctions conducted from time to time. The minimum prices of timber and other wood of different species are fixed by the PSFDC and are revised from time to time to keep pace with the market trends of the open market. The prevalent price as fixed by the PSFDC is enclosed for reference: Table 3.1 Schedule of rates of the felling of trees/conversion into timber and firewood and sawing at the sawmills of the Punjab State Forest Development Corporation Limited. (Applicable w.e.f. 1.04.2004)

Item Particulars of Work Rate (Rs.) No. (A) Felling and Conversion:- 1. Clearance of bushes and other vegetative growth 9 per tree surrounding the trees to felled 2. Lopping and roping of trees of class III and above 17 per tree 3 Felling of trees at ground level & conversion into a Round Timber including debarking of all the species 131 per M3 except Eucalyptus b Round timber excluding debarking of all the species 102 per M3 except Eucalyptus c Round timber of Eucalyptus 82 per M3 d Firewood including collection at site (Stacked) 53 per M3 e Pulip wood including collection at site in case of 58 per M3 Eucalyptus f Uprooting of muddies by manual labour 1 For Class III trees 78 per Stump ii For IIA, IIB Class trees 150 per Stump

29 iii For I.A. Class trees 200 per Stump iv For IIB Class trees 200 per Stump 4 Felling of trees including digging of stump, fillings of pits and conversion into: a i)Round timber of shisham of class III and above 175 per M3 ii) Round timber of all species except 4a (i), Euc. And 155 per M3 young plantation of other species. ii) Round timber of Eucalyptus and young plantation of 131 per M3 other species. b Firewood including collection at site (Stacked) 53 per M3 c Pulip wood Eucalyptus including collection at site 58 per M3 d Debarking of trees 34 per M3 e Muddies by giving the forest cut for separating them from the first log:- 1) Upto Class III trees Euc: other species 7 each, 14 each ii) IIA, IIB Class trees Euc: other species 12 each, 24 each iii) For IA Class trees Euc: other species 19 each, 48 each iv) For IB Class trees Euc: other species 24 each, 58 each 5) Marking and felled trees for cross cutting, girth 2 per log measurement and numbering at both ends 6) Rolling of heavy logs and carriage of small sized timber upto 50 metres distance by manual labour at the felling sites:- 1) Easy conditions 35 per M3 11) Difficult terrain 43 per M3 7) Loading and unloading: Loading into trucks/trolleys: 1) Loading of Firewood 10 per M3 (Stacked) ii) Loading of Muddies 21 each 8 Unloading from truck/trolley:- 1) Firewood including collection at site (Stacked) 5 per M3 (Stacked) ii) Muddies 9 each 9 Loading of Timber into truck/trolley by manual labour:- 1) From 30 to 46 C Girth (Pulp wood) 16 per M3 11) From 50 to 89 C Girth 39 per M3 iii) From 90 to 134 C Girth 47 per M3 iv) From 135 to 179 C 79 per M3 v) From 180 C And above 95 per M3 vi)Loading of timber by loader assisted by labour 24 per M3 10 1) Unloading of timber from truck/trolley & cart by 24 per M3 manual labour ii) Unloading of pulp wood from truck/ trolley and cart 9 per M3 by manual labour

30 C) Carriage by manual labour 11 Carriage of firewood by manual labour upto 250 meter 14 per M3 lead (Stacked) 12 Carriage of Pulpwood upto 250 meter lead 24 per M3 D) Stacking 13 Rolling of heavy logs and carriage of small sized timber upto 50 meters distance by manual labour at the felling site for stacking 1)Easy conditions 36 per M3 ii) Difficult terrain 44 per M3 14 Stacking of timber: a) By manual labour 31 per M3 b) By loader assisted by labour 9 per M3 15 Stacking of Eucalyptus pulpwood 12 per M3 16 Stacking of Firewood (Stacked) 9 per M3 17 Gobar pastering of ends of logs 0=70 paisa per log. Note:1 1 One red single man at each felling site is allowed As per daily wage wherever there is a traffice movement rate 2 One saw setter is allowed for the number of days the As per daily wage felling remains in progress rate 3 One night watchman at each felling site is also allowed As per daily wage rate 4 In case of Muddies removed mechanically, assisted by As per daily wage manual labour, actual expenses on Machinery and daily rate wage labour shall be charged. Note: 2 Divisional Managers may allow higher rates after satisfying themselves and recording the reasons on the bills/Muster rolls in exceptional case such as: 1) Where pole length of trees is short and side branches are missing (Mulberry strips) 2) Where remodeling and lining of Canal System has proceeded felling work on high embankments. 3) Where there are permanent water logging conditions and deep borrow pits. 4) Where the over head transmission lines and heavy traffic etc. obstruct the fallings. Note:- 3 The above schedule of Rates for felling shall stand revised annually with the revision of daily wage rates by Labour Commissioner, Punjab/Deputy Commissioner Rolling of heavy logs and carriage of small timber up 50 Distance by manual labour at felling site should be allowed only in exceptional cases and difficult Note:-4 Conditions that too with the prior permission of concerned Divisional Manager.

31 3.5 Past and current prices:-

Generally the round timber of all sizes and lengths brought to the market by local people, is sold by quintals. The people are more interested in bringing the timber to market as soon as they fell the trees without losing the moisture and thus to get more weight age. However, the Punjab State Forest Development Corporation Ltd. sells the round and sawn timber by volume only. The rates of timber have increased manifold in the past decades. Two factors viz. increasing demand and inadequate available of timber have played evidently big role for such rise. The rates for the supply of Timber, Firewood, Sawdust, Ballons and lop & top to Govt. Semi Govt. Deptt. and other educational, Social, Religious, Institutions are hereby fixed as under vide Punjab Govt. Department of Forest & Wildlife Preservation’s letter No. 43/21/07-Ft – IV/668 dated 3/07/2009 :- Table 3.2

Species Class Girth Class Gross Value (Rs.) Green Dead/Dry Shisham V 30-59 187 240 IV 60-89 833 1133 III 90-119 3497 3734 IIA 120-149 7503 6901 IIB 150-179 15180 15446 IA 180-209 26681 23926 IB 210 & Above 51045 45088 Kikar V 30-59 320 301 IV 60-89 950 862 III 90-119 2245 1789 IIA 120-149 4934 3796 IIB 150-179 9574 7302 IA 180-209 11715 8786 IB 210 & Above 14292 10719 Misc V 30-59 132 126 IV 60-89 591 495 III 90-119 2008 1203 IIA 120-149 3548 2683 IIB 150-179 6681 5677 IA 180-209 9920 6944 IB 210 & Above 16123 11286 Eucalyptus V 30-59 412 327

32 IV 60-89 1220 884 III 90-119 2742 2023 IIA 120-149 5754 4310 IIB 150-179 9122 6964 IA 180-209 13970 10478 IB 210 & Above 21759 16319 Mulberry V 30-59 140 98 IV 60-89 397 278 III 90-119 1115 781 IIA 120-149 2247 1573 IIB 150-179 4205 2943 IA 180-209 5354 3748 IB 210 & Above 6503 4552 Simbal V 30-59 308 215 IV 60-89 703 492 III 90-119 1429 1000 IIA 120-149 2985 2090 IIB 150-179 4938 3456 IA 180-209 6663 4664 IB 210 & Above 8388 5871 Teak V 30-59 1000 800 IV 60-89 5961 4769 III 90-119 12359 9887 IIA 120-149 18757 15005 IIB 150-179 30935 24748 IA 180-209 43113 34491 IB 210 & Above 55292 44234 Drek V 30-59 277 194 IV 60-89 722 505 III 90-119 1605 1123 IIA 120-149 3609 2526 IIB 150-179 5473 3831 IA 180-209 8382 5867 IB 210 & Above 13055 9139 Khair V 30-59 752 526 IV 60-89 236 1845 III 90-119 5719 4003 IIA 120-149 12409 8686 IIB 150-179 22000 15400 IA 180-209 44000 30800 IB 210 & Above 88000 61600 Mango V 30-59 140 98 IV 60-89 706 494 III 90-119 2360 1652

33 IIA 120-149 3643 2550 IIB 150-179 5152 3606 IA 180-209 8986 6290 IB 210 & Above 13390 9373 Mesquite V 30-59 434 304 IV 60-89 1153 807 III 90-119 2180 1526 IIA 120-149 4378 3065 IIB 150-179 6168 4317 IA 180-209 7549 5284 IB 210 & Above 8523 5966

The List of Saw Mills in the Ferozepur Forest Division are Annexed in Annexure-XIV.

34 CHAPTER - IV

STAFF AND LABOUR SUPPLY 4.1 STAFF: The forests covered under this Working plan fall in five Ranges of Ferozepur Forest Division. These are Zira, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Jalalabad and Abohar. These are being controlled by the D.F.O, from District Headquarters (Ferozepur). Since the work load has increased due to the various development schemes, the staff in the Ranges is not adequate. The present position of the staff in the five ranges and Divisional Office is given in the Table No.5.The present position of staff in the Ferozepur Forest Division is very meager. Due to shortage of field staff it is very difficult to protect the forest as such. Therefore it is strongly recommended that the sanctioned strength of staff should immediately be given in the interest of Protection, Conservation and Development of forests. In absense of official staff the functioning of important branches like Accounts, Establishment, Revenue etc suffer a lot, therefore it is strongly recommended that sanctioned strength of official staff shall be provided immediately.

TABLE 4.1

PRESENT POSITION OF STAFF

S.No. NAME OF POST SANCTIONED STRENGTH ACTUALLY WORKING REMARKS 1 D.C.F. 1 1 -

2 A.C.F. 1 0 -1

3 Forest Ranger. 7 2 -5

4 Deputy Ranger 2 2 -

5 Forester 18 11 .7

6 Forest Guard 66 44 -22

7 Superintendent 1 0 -1

6 Assistant 1 2 .1

9 Clerk 7 5 -2

35 10 Demarcation Daroga 1 0 -1

11 Steno Typist 1 - -1

12 Peon 5 1 -4 .- 13 Chowkidar 5 - -5 . 14 Gardener 1 - -1

15 Supervisor 1 1 -

17 Tractor Operator 3 -3

18 Field Man 1 - -1

19 Computer Operator 1 - -1

20 Clerk/Jr Asstt 8 5 -3

Demarcation, 21 1 - -1 Supervisor/Kanogo

22 Patwari 1 - -1

23 T.Cleaner 1 - -1

24 Sweeper 1 - -1

25 Beldar 4 4 - Total 142 88 -54

4.2 LABOUR: Labour is available in plenty to carry the forest operations. However, during the harvesting and sowing seasons, there is shortage of labour. Rates paid per day to the skilled and unskilled workers are given as under :- 1. Unskilled 185 Rs 2. Skilled 202 Rs Daily wage rates of labour prevailing for the period 1998-99 to 2007-08 years are given below . These rates have steeply and considerably been rising along with other price index of consumption.

36 Table 4.2 Average Labour wage rates sanctioned by Deputy Commissioner of Ferozepur district is as follows:

Year Unskilled Labour Carpenter Mason Driver Light Vehicle 1998-99 59.33 101.66 128.61 70.66 1999-2000 67.25 109.58 136.53 78.58 2000-01 81.70 129.03 159.60 93.94 2001-02 8816 135.49 181.33 100.40 2002-03 89.55 136.88 182.72 101.79 2003-04 90.57 138.40 184.24 103.31 2004-05 93.67 141.63 187.47 106.54 2005-06 96.90 144.86 190.70 109.77 2006-07 98.61 146.57 192.41 111.48 2007-08 100.51 148.47 194.31 113.38 2008-09 102.48 150-27 196.58 115.68 2009-10 114.75 152.28 198.59 117.38 2010-11 116.74 154.36 200.24 119.54 2011-12 118.28 156.23 202.58 121.08

37 CHAPTER-V

PAST SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT 5.1 General History of Forest Prior to the transfer of Strip Forests to the Forest Department in 1957, these were managed by the respective departments. After transfer of these strips to the forest department, the strips were taken for plantation works. Apart from the strip forests, Punjab Government vide memo no. 2928-Ft-71/3934 dated 15.10.1971 transferred an area of 3541 acres 4 canal, 13 Marlas (1434 Ha) Gair Mumkin Evacuee land to the Punjab Forest Department for raising plantations. Out of the above, major chunk was in Ferozepur forest division. There is a major problem of encroachment on this forest.

5.2 Past Systems of Management Previous working plans i.e. RC Bhagat’s working plan (1987-1999) and Dharminder Sharma’s Working plans (2000-01-2009-10) have prescribed five working circles i.e. Canal Working Circle, Rail Working Circle, Road Working Circle, Drain and Bund Working Circle and Block Working Circle. It is observed that although yield has been prescribed but suggested green felling as per the prescriptions have not been applied to these working circles. The felling of only the dead and dried trees and that required for development purpose (under approved cases of Forest Conservation Act, 1980) has been carried out. These working plans have primarily concentrated in improving the stocking of these forests through plantations. 5.3 Inter Departmental Rules Planting along the strips by the Forest Department is subject to Inter-Departmental Rules. According the these Rules,11m(35ft) width from the center of the road is to be left unplanted on both sides of National Highways and 9.5 m (30ft) on roads other than National Highways. Along Railways the distance of the first row is to be 7.5 m (25ft) from the center of the line. No planting is to be done inside of the curves, on the slopes of the embankments and within 100 m length of unmanned crossings.

38 By and large, inter-departmental rules have been observed. Planting under high power transmission lines and telephone lines has been avoided for obvious reasons. However, there is no harm in utilizing such sites for planting of small sized ornamental trees and shrubs. 5.4 Special works of improvement : During the last working plan period, large scale plantations of Shisham, Neem, Drek, Teak, Toon, Arjun etc. have been carried out. Large scale plantations have been carried out in the JBIC project from 1999 to 2005. The success of these plantations have been mixed, where ever these plantations have established successfully. A certain amount of thinning and other cultural operations is prescribed to improve the productivity of these forests.

5.5 Past revenue and expenditure: Past revenue and expenditure are given in table no. 6

Table 5.1 Past Revenue and Expenditure

Sr. No. Year Revenue (Rs.) Expenditure (Rs.) 1 2001-02 6328586 32726540 2 2002-03 4760177 40353721 3 2003-04 16121409 38490667 4 2004-05 5649613 23248771 5 2005-06 8425932 13762443 6 2006-07 13083731 14595678 7 2007-08 6107366 18798895 8 2008-09 13763113 20515962 9 2009-10 13856551 23770009 10 2010-11 2782275 18953868 Total 90878753 245216554 It is pertinent to mention here that the expenditure pertains to works only.

5.5 Past Yield:

The focus in the past two plans has been on being very conservative in prescribing yield and primarily only dead and dried trees have been felled apart from the trees felled for the developmental activities.

39 The details of Working Circle wise growing stock and prescribed yield during the last working plan period, in terms of cubic meters (m3) is given as below:

Table 5.2

Details of Growing stock and prescribed Yield in previous working plan (2000-2010)

Road Canal Bund and Rail WC Block Total WC WC Drain WC WC Growing stock 109850 186951 13927 1322 6743 318793 Regulated series (m3) Growing stock 5112 1347 Not Not 229 6688 Un-Regulated series (m3) mentioned mentioned Total Growing stock(m3) 114962 188298 13927 1322 9073 327813 Yield m3/year 9117 18232 1208 Not 581 29138 calculated Prescribed Yield 4589 9116 604 Not 291 14600 m3/year calculated

Table 5.3 Details of Growing stock and prescribed Yield in current working plan

Road Canal Bund and Rail Block Eucaly Total WC WC Drain WC WC WC ptus WC Growing stock(m3) 99083.4 146448. 23300.3 1482.05 5263.25 70418. 345996.05 5 6 4 Yield m3/year 6618.23 10081.0 1686.20 119.89 340.90 6332.7 25179.00 5 3 Prescribed Yield 3309.12 5040.53 843.10 59.95 169.92 3166.3 12588.98 m3/year 6

Table 5.4 Details of Past Yield and actual felling

Year Blocks Strips Difference Prescribed Felled Vol. Prescribed Felled Vol. (m3) (m3) (m3) (m3) (m3) 2001-02 291 14.55 14309 14910.50 +325.05 2002-03 291 0 14309 16781.66 +2181.66 2003-04 291 0 14309 16509.85 +1909.85 2004-05 291 0 14309 4552.05 -10047.95

40 2005-06 291 21.65 14309 8963.25 -5615.10 2006-07 291 0 14309 14659.39 +59.39 2007-08 291 0 14309 6627.79 -7972.21 2008-09 291 0 14309 7439.65 -7160.35 2009-10 291 0 14309 1967.75 -12632.25 2010-11 291 0 14309 145.20 -14454.80 Total 2910 36.20 143090 92557.09 -53406.71

The felled volume was less than the prescribed volume because no green felling was done except for felling under approved cases of FCA 1980.

5.7 Growing Stock: Growing Stock Assessment For calculation of growing stock, trees above 30 cm g.b.h. are taken into account . Table 5.5 Species wise growing stock position of the previous Working Plan (vol in m3) Species Road Rail Canal Drain & Bund Block Total

Shisham 10396 46 41965 1548 4150 58105 Kikar 49199 545 86081 10104 535 146464 Euc 42647 621 48941 1758 3914 97881 Misc. 12722 110 11539 518 474 25363 Total 114964 1322 188526 13928 9073 327813 For rail WC growing stock is shown only for Fazilka range and not that of whole Division.

Table 5.6 Species wise growing stock position of the current Working Plan (vol in m3)

Species Road Rail Canal Drain & Bund Block Eucalyptus Total

7959.34 56.10 24353.95 821.7 2632.7 38602.89 Shisham 2779.1 33350.76 118.65 47397.85 468.25 2217.902 89015.01 Kikar 5461.6 28611.1 1036.85 48699.45 2181.65 62504.05 153556.90 Euc 10523.8 29162.25 270.45 25997.3 1791.65 3063.75 64821.20 Misc. 4535.8 99083.45 1482.05 146448.6 5263.25 70418.4 345996.00 Total 23300.3 For rail WC growing stock is shown only for Fazilka range and not that of whole Division.

41 Growing stock of strip and block forests has been taken according to enumeration record of 2009-10 of the Division measured from 30 cm dia. On the basis of enumeration record the total growing stock works out to be 345996.00 m3. The Range wise detail of growing stock is given below

Table No. 5.7 The Range wise growing stock (Vol in m3)

Range Shisham Kikar Euc Misc. Total Fazilka 7802.59 15945.81 23488.60 10633.5 57870.5 Abohar 14521.25 59432.90 24816.35 32836.45 131606.95 Zira 4371.20 2192 19307.80 7539.85 33410.85 Jalalabad 5381.25 6708.75 31183.35 5129.10 48402.45 Ferozepur 6526.60 4735.55 54760.80 8682.30 74705.25 Total 38602.89 89015.01 153556.90 64821.20 345996.00

5.8 Critical review of previous working plan: The general objectives of the past working plan seem to have been achieved. The introduction of five working circles viz. road working circle, canal working circle, rail working circle and Bund/drain working circle is fully justified. The basic purpose of creating these 5 working circles was to monitor and assess the progress of plantations under each category of strip, and it has been achieved to a considerable extent. It has increased the stocking of a particular reach of strip according to its capacity and locality factors, rather than enforcing uniformity of a particular species. The success of the working plan is indicated by the fact that the total growing stock has marginally increased. In the previous working plan the growing stock was 327813 m3 while current the growing stock is 345996 m3. However the growing shock of kikar has decreased from 146464 m3 to 101858 m3. This can be attributed mainly to large scale mortality of kikar in recent periods, a phemenon frequent in the northern India. The growing stock of Eucalyptus has increased during the previous working plan period. Over the period of working plan, even the growing stock of individual species has shown an increasing trend except for Shisham and kikar. The decline in the growing stock of Shisham has specific reasons as of increase in the volume of the dead, dry or fallen Shisham trees over

42 these years and this volume had to be disposed off although no felling of green Shisham were prescribed in the working plan. On the whole, the silvicultural systems proposed by the working plan have been followed. Other recommendations like rotation, marking rules, methods of executing felling and planting rules etc. have been followed in all the five working circles. Due to increase in volume of dead dry trees, there has been almost no working of green trees as per working plan prescriptions. Sh. Dharmender Sharma had recommended raising of Eucalyptus for house construction, furniture and coppice for fuel wood. Keeping in view that area under indigenous species is very less, it is recommended that Shisham, which is the state tree and also a good timber be planted in better areas instead of Eucalyptus. Government forests should not be used for short rotation species that are being raised by the farmers and Government should not be a competitor of the farmers.

43 CHAPTER VI

Growth & Yield Statistics

6.1 GENERAL: The forests of this Division, strips as well as blocks have varied types of soils. No growth data regarding any type of spp. is available. The growth of various species varies according to the locality factors. Hence, general volume tables for all the species applicable to all area of the state has been adopted. 6.2 GENERAL VOLUME TABLE The volume table applicable for all the species in the reproduced as under: Table 6.1

General Volume Table

Sr. No. Girth in Cms. Class Volume (in M3) 1. 30-59 V 0.05 2. 60-89 IV 0.15 3. 90-119 III 0.55 4. 120-j49 IIA 1.10 5. 150-179 lIB 2.00 6. 180-209 IA 2.80 7. 210 and above IB 3.50

The above table has been applied for the calculation of growing stock for the working plan. 6.3 KIKAR: The existing plantations are mainly of middle to mature age of Kikar and Eucalyptus. Growth of the same species varies with the change of locality factors such as soil and irrigation facilities. It is seen that Kikar raised along the roads, canals and drains achieves better girth than that raised along the Railway tracks. 6.4 SHISHAM: The Research and Training Division, Punjab has carried out study of various Shisham Plantations in the state and the volume table for different-diameter classes has been compiled. The same is as follows:

44 Table 6.2 Volume table for Shisham

CLASS DIA(CM.) STANDARD VOL IN Cmt. FIRE WOOD IN Cmt O.B U.B. O.B U.B. V 10-20 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.04

IV 20-30 0.40 0.31 0.17 0.13

III 30-40 0.84 0.67 0.24 0.19

IIA 40-50 1.45 1.17 0.30 0.22

lIB 50-60 2.22 1.81 0.33 0.25

IA 60-70 3.16 2.59 0.35 0.26

IB 70 & above 4.26 3.15 0.35 0.26

6.5 EUCALYPTUS:

The volume table for Eucalyptus hybrid was compiled by Mr. AN. Chaturvedi, I.F.S. on the basis of data collected from various plantations in the country from which the following table has been prepared: Table 6.3 Volume table for Eucalyptus Hybrid CLASS DIAMETER (CMS) STANDARD VOLUME (m3) O.B. V 10 Cms. but below 20 Cms. 0.11 0.08 IV 20 Cms. but below 30 Cms. 0.38 0.29 III 30 Cms. but below 40 Cms. 0.80 0.62 IIA 40 Cms. but below 50 Cms. 1.60 1.28 IIB 50 Cms. but below 60 Cms. 2.90 2.32 IA 60 Cms. but below 70 Cms. 4.15 3.40 IB 70 Cms. and above 5.10 4.10

6.6 MEAN ANNUAL INCREMENT:

The mean annual increment Is useful for determining the rotation of a species. For Shisham rotation has been fixed at 60 years. Kikar is mostly utilised for batons, pallets, agricultural implements, fuel wood etc. Eucalyptus is also utilized for above purposes, in addition its wood is utilized in copper smelter, paper and pulp scaffolding materials etc. These

45 species are grown to get maximum volume in shortest possible time. Therefore, rotation for Eucalyptus and Kikar has been fixed at 25 years. According to I.D. Mohindru's yield table for Kikar (Pb. Forest record Vol. II) total volume (cft) and MAl in Cft/acre/year for various quality classes of Kikar is as under:-

Table 6.4

AGE IN YEAR QUALITY I QUALITY -II QUALITY-III VOL. MAl VOL MAl VOL. MAl 10 1500 150 1100 110 650 65 15 2300 158 1650 110 1000 67 20 2950 148 2150 106 1300 66 25 3550 142 2600 104 1650 66 30 4050 135 3000 100 2000 66 35 4550 130 3400 97 2300 66 40 4950 124 3800 95 2600 65

AP.Sharma in his yield table for Eucalyptus gave Vol/MAI in cubic Meter/Ha. for Eucalyptus of IInd quality mostly found in Punjab with 1000 stems per Ha. Table 6.5

Crop Age in Years Vol m3/ha. MAI m3/ha/year 4 11.766 2.942 5 20.329 4.066 6 29.271 4.878 7 37.977 5.475 8 46.167 5.771 9 53.740 5.971 10 60.684 6.063 11 67.028 6.093 12 72.818 6.068 13 78.106 6.068 14 82.943 5.924

46 PART - II

FUTURE MANAGEMENT

DISCUSSED AND PRESCRIBED

47 CHAPTER -I

BASIS OF PROPOSAL

1.1 General objectives of management In conformity to the National Forest Policy 1988 and the fact that the area under tree cover is very low in this division, general objects of management of this working plan shall be as under. 1. To enhance the ecosystem services and to provide local livelihood opportunities to the local communities and conservation & restoration of biodiversity. 2 To conserve and enhance the existing tree cover through afforestation of suitable indigenous species, as per site condition. 3 To increase the productivity of forests to meet the bonafide needs of local people of fuel wood and fodder. 4 To produce high quality timber trees of various species by adopting improved techniques and silvicultural measures. 5 To create favorable habitat conditions for protection and development of wildlife. 6 To increase the comfort of road users by providing shade and aesthetic view through avenue plantations along road side. 7 To enhance the aesthetic value of forests i.e., to provide landscape value to the countryside. 8 In consistent with above objectives of management, to provide maximum sustained yield and revenue to the department. 1.2 Methods of treatment to be adopted 1.2.1 General principles In order to achieve the above objectives various treatments based on the silvicultural requirements of species and potential productivity of site are necessary. Based on these two, the treatments are outlined as below.  Over the years many plantations have been raised in strips as well as in the block forests. Natural regeneration of various species has also been taking place to some extent simultaneously and some failures have been observed, necessitating the re-planting of the area. Due to these reasons, most of the strips have mixture of species and age gradations with intermittent scattered blank patches. Most of the compartments have some blank patches, which need planting; some dense crops of pole require thinning, some over-mature,

48 diseased trees are required to be removed while some young regeneration needs to be tended. Under these circumstances it is being proposed to treat the compartment as a whole and carry out all the operations which are required according to the silvicultural requirements of the various species, while the blanks will be planted keeping in view the locality factors of the area. This treatment will help in stocking the compartment fully.  The forest area will be treated scientifically and stocked systematically with suitable species e.g. shisham, arjan, kikar, neem, drek, jamun, siris, teak, ficus species etc.  On road strips, long rotation crops such as shisham, jamun, and neem etc. shall be planted wherever possible. Tall plants may be planted on roadside because of the difficult site conditions. Canal strips should invariably be used for planting irrigated crops and trees of economic value, as assured irrigation facilities are available. On bunds, drains and escapes, hardy and drought resistant species like kikar, khair, and even Eucalyptus may be planted. Waterlogged areas may be planted with species like Arjun, Jamun, Willow, and Eucalyptus etc.  Areas near habitation shall be taken up for planting by providing tree guards or by using barbed wire fencing. The choice of species in these areas shall be done in consultation with local people.  Low lying areas will be treated by raising suitable species on ridges and mounds of earth to protect these from floods during rainy season.  Areas where soil is saline/alkaline will be reforested with suitable species by using soil amendments like gypsum, manure etc.,  Thinning and improvement fallings will be carried out wherever necessary for the betterment of the crop.  For development of wildlife especially of avifauna, fruit bearing trees like Ficus and jamun etc., shall be planted.  The natural regeneration of the species shall be adopted and tended.  Suitable species shall be planted to reclaim alkaline/saline areas.  Plantations as for as possible shall be irrigated. 1.2.2 Management of Wildlife in Forest Two important wildlife sanctuaries namely Abohar wildlife sanctuary and Harike wildlife sanctuary are located in the Ferozepur division. Issues related to Harike wildlife sanctuary and

49 Abohar wildlife sanctuary is managed by the DFO Wildlife, Ferozepur. These areas should be managed as per the approved management plans for these sanctuaries. The demarcation of eco- sensitive zones as per the recent judgment of honorable Supreme Court can however be done jointly by the territorial DFO as well as DFO wildlife. Further, there is presence of Nilgai and Hog dear in the block forest of Chak Sakar. It is worth mentioning, here that the presence of wildlife is almost negligible in areas other than in Sanctuaries or block forests. Therefore, this working Plan does not feel the necessity to treat the wild life in a separate working Circle and prescribe specific management. This will however, will be an overlapping working circle as per the National Working Plan Code. The division is important from the point of view of avifauna as it supports a good number of birds population – aquatic, terrestrial as well as arboreal. The presence of water, tall weeds, grasses, reeds and dead, dry trees make these areas very conducive for the avifauna population. In order to protect and harbour this population of wild life it should be ensured that, 1 Fruit trees along such strips are retained. 2 Some dead, dry trees which form the nesting place for the birds are retained. 3 Protection from fire by removing the dry grasses and other inflammable materials from the surrounding area. 4 Protection from illegal poaching and prosecuting offenders strictly as per provisions of the Wild Life protection Act, 1972. Spreading of awareness among the people, especially amongst the nearby areas, regarding the importance of wild life, the responsibility of people towards conservation as well as consequences in case of violations.

1.3 CONSTITUTION OF WORKING CIRCLES

1.3.1 Constitution of Working Circles: General guiding principal for the constitution of working circle shall be as follows.  All strips along the National Highway and state roads shall constitute road working circle except the areas that are part of eucalyptus working circle.

50  Crop in this circle in general is irregular in respect of composition, density and age. In many road strips there is a middle aged mixed crop with some gaps in and near habitation while in some areas the crop reaching the maturity.  Due to the overall usefulness of the species, shisham will be preserved for future use. For shisham only dead, dry trees will be marked for felling.  In case of avenue lines, trees leaning towards road and having traffic hazard or hazard to life and property shall be marked for felling irrespective of species.  Trees on the boundary of farmers should not be marked as otherwise strip is likely to be encroached by the farmers.  Many strips along many National Highways/State highways have been diverted for road widening. To achieve the general object of management i.e. to increase the aesthetic value of the county side, ornamental species should be planted.  Efforts should be made to restore the strips and to increase the green cover on the road sides near the habitation area.

In order to achieve the general objectives of this Working Plan and keeping in view the method of treatment to be adopted, the following working circles are proposed in the current working plan. 1. Roads Working Circle 2. Canals Working Circle 3. Drains/Bunds/Escapes Working Circle 4. Rail Working Circle 5. Block Forest Working Circle 6. Eucalyptus working circle 7. Plantation (overlapping) working circle 8. Joint Forest Management (overlapping) working circle 9. NTFP (overlapping) working circle 10. Wild Life Management (overlapping) working circle 11. Forest Protection (overlapping) working circle

51 1.4 Blocks and Compartments: Each strip on either side would constitute a block. Each block is further divided into compartments. A compartment in strip will constitute 5 kms or part thereof on either side it can be replaced by 20 RDs in case of canals, drains and bunds. 1.5 Calculation of Yield: Yield should be calculated in each circle separately. Rotation: For calculation of yield rotation of main trees shall be followed as under :- Table I-1 Species Rotation (years) Exploitable Girth(cm.) Shisham 60 180 Kikar 30 105 Euc 25 130 Misc. 60 180

The yield shall be controlled by volume and the annual coup shall be worked out accordingly Von Mantel's Formula will be used to calculate the yield of each species separately as follows :- Y = 2V/r Where Y = Annual yield in cubic metres. V = Growing stock in cubic metres r = Rotation of the species in years.

According to the policy of the Government of Punjab no green shisham trees shall be felled. However, yield for shisham has been prescribed keeping in view the volume of the species available annually in the past years. So that it does not affect the overall felling program. Care has been taken to prescribe the felling of mature crops of mulberry and popular.

1.6 PERIOD OF WORKING PLAN: The period of the working plan shall be 15 years from 2010-2011 to 2024-2025 and the mid-term review shall be done during the eighth year.

52 CHAPTER – II

ROAD WORKING CIRCLE 2.1 GENERAL CONSTITUTION: `The Road working circle covers all the roads such as National Highway, State Highway, Major and Minor roads including link roads except for the strips/compartments which are part of eucalyptus working circle falling in the civil jurisdiction of Ferozepur and Fazilka Districts. The length and the area covered under this working circle is 1243.33 Km & 1507.88 ha respectively.

Special Objects of Management: The special objects of management of this working circle are: 1. To enhance the ecosystem services and to provide local live hood opportunities to the local communities and conservation & restoration of biodiversity. 2. To improve environment for the betterment of people and to control pollution through forests by planting suitable species on different sites. 3. To enhance the aesthetic value of the area by improving the landscape. 4. To increase the growing stock for production of timber, fuel wood and fodder to meet the needs of the local population. 5. To reclaim Alkaline/Saline areas with the suitable species. 6. To provide sufficient food and shelter to wild life especially, birds. 7. To manage the forests in such a way so as to get sustainable yields.

2.2 BLOCKS AND COMPARTMENTS: There are no blocks in this working circle. Compartment allotment of Road Working Circle in Table. No.II-1.

53 Table No. II-1 Compartment Allotment for Road working Circle S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS TOTAL LENGTH Compartment Compartment Total Reach No. Area (L & R) (ha) FROM TO Kms. KM/RD KM/RD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS 1 D.H.S No. 10 360.25 424 63.75 360.25-365 73P 140.00 365-370 74 370-375 75 375-380 76 380-385 77 385-390 78 390-395 79 395-400 80 400-405 81 405-410 82 410-415 83 415-420 84 420-424 85P

2 Abohar Bye Pass 0 16.53 16.53 0-5 1 46.28 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-16.53 4P

STATE HIGHWAY 3 Jalandhar-Ferozepur Road 63 75 15 60-65 13 21.00 65-70 14 70-75 15

Ludhiana Ferozepur road SHW 89.45 131 41.55 89.45-90 18P 74.00 4 No 18 90-95 19 95-100 20 100-105 21 105-110 22 110-115 23 115-120 24 120-125 25 125-130 26 130-131 27P

Zira-Ferozepur Road SHW 80 114.6 34.6 80-85 17 61.00 5 No.20

54 85-90 18 90-95 19 95-100 20 100-105 21 105-110 22 110-114.6 23P

Faridkot-Ferozepur Road SHW 19.2 31.2 12 19.2-20 4P 18.00 6 No. 15 20-25 5 25-30 6 30-31.2 7P Ferozepur Fazilka Road SHW 2.2 86 83.8 2.2-5 1P 492.22 7 No. 20 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4 20-25 5 25-30 6 30-35 7 35-40 8 40-45 9 45-50 10 50-55 11 55-60 12 60-65 13 65-70 14 70-75 15 75-80 16 80-85 17 85-86 18P

8 Abohar-Hanumangarh Road 0 21.2 21.2 0-5 1 36.00 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4 20-21.2 5P M.D. ROADS 10 Kot isse Khan Jagraon Road 0 15 15 0-5 1 21.00 5-10 2 10-15 3

11 Makhu-Wahka Road 0 28.2 28.2 0-5 1 22.94 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4 20-25 5 25-28.2 6P

55 12 Ferozepur-Mukatsar Road 4 12 8 4-5 1P 19.20 5-10 2 10-12 3

13 Baghhapurana-Mudki Road 19.5 22.5 3 19.5-20 4P 28.80 20-22.5 5P

14 Mukatsar-Jalalabad Road 13.4 29 15.6 13.4-15 3P 22.40 15-20 4 20-25 5 25-29 6P

15 Guru Harsahai-Mukatsar Road 0 15 15 0-5 1 7.50 5-10 2 10-15 3 16 Malout-Fazilka Road 20.5 50 29.5 20-5-25 5P 108.00 25-30 6 30-35 7 35-40 8 40-45 9 45-50 10

17 Abohar-Dabwali Road 0 26.2 26.2 0-5 1 45.90 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4 20-25 5 25-26.2 6P

18 Abohar-Hindumal-kot Road 0 28 28 0-5 1 11.70 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4 20-25 5 25-28 6p

19 Sri Ganga Nagar-Malout Road 49.5 69.5 20 49.5-50 10P 40.00 50-55 11 55-60 12 60-65 13 65-69.5 14P

20 Mukatsar-Abohar Road 37 48 11 37-40 8P 2.20 40-45 9 45-48 10P

56 LINK ROADS 21 Zira-Fatehgarh-Panjtur Road 0 10 10 0-5 1 2.00 5-10 2

22 Jalalabad-Indergarh Road 0 8 8 0-5 1 3.20 5-8 2P

23 Fatehgarh-Sabraon Road 0 9 9 0-5 1 1.80 5-9 2P

24 Khera-Talwandi Road. 0 15 15 0-5 1 7.80 5-10 2 10-15 3

25 Manawan Road 0 2 2 0-2 1P 0.80

27 Ferozewah Road 0 5 5 0-5 1 1.00

29 Munan Road 0 2 2 0-2 1P 0.40

30 Markhai-Mardasa Road 0 6 6 0-5 1 1.20 5-6 2P

31 Zira College Road 0 2 2 0-2 1P 0.80

32 Talwandi Road 0 2 2 0-2 1P 0.60

33 Jalla Raunta Road 0 6 6 0-5 1 1.20 5-6 2P

34 Ferozepur-Wahke Road. 0.4 13 12.6 0.4-5 1P 26.62 5-10 2 10-13 3P

35 Ferozeshah-Kulgarhi Road 0 9.63 9.63 0-5 1 11.00 5-9.63 2P

36 Khai-Mamdot Road 9.6 22 12.4 9.6-10 2P 15.00 10-15 3 15-20 4 20-22 5P

37 Tibbi Sahib Lakha Hazi Road 0 15 15 0-5 1 4.00 5-10 2 10-15 3

38 Ferozepur Khanke Abil Road 0.6 2.8 2.2 0.6-2.8 1P 1.20

57 39 Ferozeshah-Abil Road 0 1.2 1.2 0-1.2 1P 0.24

40 Jalalabad Dhammi Road 0 14 14 0-5 1 2.80 5-10 2 10-14 3P

41 Bajjeke Road 0 4.6 4.6 0-4.6 1P 0.92

42 Sukhera-Jodhewal Road 0 6 6 0-5 1 1.20 5-6 2P

43 Guru-Harshai Sadik Road 0 7 7 0-5 1 4.90 5-7 2P

44 Tahliwala Road 7 14 7 0-5 1 2.10 5-7 2P

45 Guru Harsahai Samnali Road 0 12 12 0-5 1 3.60 5-10 2 10-12 3P

46 Khai Gujjar Road 7 14 7 0-5 1 2.80 5-7 2P

47 Jiwa Arian Railway Station Road 0 6.5 6.5 0-5 1 1.94 5-6.5 2P

48 Ghabhava Chak Bajide Road 0 6 6 0-5 1 1.80 5-6.5 2P

49 Guddarh Dhandi Guru Harsahai 0 8 8 0-5 1 4.00 Road 5-8 2P

50 Pindi Gajniwala Road 0 8 8 0-5 1 7.20 5-8 2P

51 Goluke Gurharshai Road 0 4.6 4.6 0-4.6 1P 3.20

52 Midha Picket Road 0 20 20 0-5 1 12.00 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4

53 Lakheke Jhoke Tehil Singhwala 0 6.5 6.5 0-5 1 1.94 Road

58 5-6.5 2P 54 Jalalabad Lakhoke Road 0 18 18 0-5 1 3.60 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-18 4P

Fazilka Shatirwala Hindumalkot 0 20 20 0-5 1 10.00 55 Road 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4 56 Armiwala Pacca Road 0 25 25 0-5 1 10.00 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4 20-25 5

57 Armiiwala Nihalkhera Road 0 18 18 0-5 1 7.20 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-18 4P

58 Puran Patti Jalalabad Road 0 14 14 0-5 1 2.80 5-10 2 10-14 3P

59 Lakhuke Budhuke Road 0 12 12 0-5 1 4.80 5-10 2 10-12 3P

60 Samakhana Road 0 2 2 0-2 1P 0.80

61 Aslamwala Khuranjwala Road 0 14 14 0-5 1 8.40 5-10 2 10-14 3P

62 Nurshah Road 0 6 6 0-5 1 8.40 5-6 2P

63 Ladhuke Road 0 2.2 2.2 0-2.2 1P 1.00

64 Panchawali Jurkian Road 0 4.2 4.2 0-4.2 1P 0.84

65 Armiwala Jandwala Road 0 8 8 0-5 1 1.60 5-8 2P

67 Tahliwala Chimnewla Road 0 9 9 0-5 1 5.40 5-9 2P

59 68 Sadeana Road 0 5 5 0-5 1 2.00

69 Houze Paliwala Road 0 5 5 0-5 1 1.00

70 Aslamwala-Ghallu Road 0 8 8 0-5 1 1.60 5-8 2p

71 Mumbeke Road 0 4 4 0-4 1P 1.60

72 Mahuana-Mamukhera Road 0 9 9 0-5 1 5.80 5-9 2P

73 Rurianwala-Srian Road 0 5 5 0-5 1 1.00

74 Nukerian-Chak-Pakhi Road 0 5 5 0-5 1 1.00

75 Nukerian-Saiwala Road 0 3 3 0-3 1P 0.60

76 Tahliwala-Bodla Singhpura Road 0 2 2 0-2 1P 0.40

77 Lalewaki-Jourki Road 0 9 9 0-5 1 3.60 5-9 2P

78 Mullianwali-Dabwali Road 0 3.5 3.5 0-3.5 1P 0.70

79 Chobrianwali-Banwala Road 0 6 6 0-5 1 2.40 5-6 2P

80 Hirawali-Kabal Shah Road 0 14 14 0-5 1 5.40 5-10 2 10-14 3P

81 Bandiwala-KabalShah Road 0 6.5 6.5 0-5 1 1.94 5-6.5 2P

82 Tehqualander-Able-Bodla Road 0 7 7 0-5 1 2.35 5-7 2P

83 Alamgarh-Shergarh Road 0 23 23 0-5 1 4.60 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4 20-23 5P

84 Server-Khuian-Nihal-Khera 0 17 17 0-5 1 3.40 Road 5-10 2 10-15 3

60 15-17 4P 85 Bahawal-Bassi Road 0 10 10 0-5 1 2.00 5-10 2

86 Kera-Khera-Dhaba Road 0 6 6 0-5 1 1.20 5-6 2P

87 Churainwala-Patriwala Road 0 5 5 0-5 1 1.00

88 Bazidpur-Kandhwala Road 0 6 6 0-5 1 1.20 5-6 2P

89 Abohar Seed Farm Road 0 2 2 0-2 1P 0.40

90 Gidderanwali-Paniawa Road 0 5 5 0-5 1 1.00

Chakra-Kala- Tibba Rajwali 0 5 5 0-5 1 1.00 91 Road

92 Patti-Sadik Road 0 20 20 0-5 1 4.00 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4

93 Sappanwali-Billa Patti Road 0 8 8 0-5 1 1.60 5-8 2p

94 Kallarkhera-Panniwala Road 0 4 4 0-4 1P 0.80

95 Gidderanwali-Diwankhera Roed 0 5 5 0-5 1 1.00

Maujgarh-Acharki Jandwala 0 14 14 0-5 1 2.80 96 Road 5-10 2 10-14 3P

Kalerkhera-Paniawa Tutanwala 0 8 8 0-5 1 1.60 97 Road 5-8 2P

98 Daulatpura Road 0 5 5 0-5 1 1.00

99 Sardarpura-Bahadurpura Road, 0 7 7 0-5 1 1.40 5-7 2P

100 Dharampura-Maujgarh Road 0 16.77 16.77 0-5 1 3.35 5-10 2 10-15 3

61 15-16.77 4P

101 Bulana-Chanankhera Road 0 3 3 0-3 1P 0.60

102 Bhagu-Bhagsar Road 0 8 8 0-5 1 1.60 5-8 2P

103 Kundal-Dharangwala'Road 0 4 4 0-4 1P 0.80

104 Dharampura-Dalbirkhera Road 0 4 4 0-4 1P 0.80

105 Telupura-Bakainwala Road 0 8 8 0-5 1 1.60 5-8 2P

Chanankhera-Dharangwala 106 road 0 5 5 0-5 1 1.00 107 Ghillu-Khatwan Road 0 3 3 0-3 1P 0.60

108 Usmankhera Road 0 3 3 0-3 1P 0.60

109 Ghulla-Azamwala Road 0 15 15 0-5 1 3.00 5-10 2 10-15 3

110 Site-Kular-Doda Road 0 20 20 0-5 1 4.00 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4

111 Site-Wazidpur Road 0 10 10 0-5 1 2.00 5-10 2

112 Pacci Road 0 2 2 0-2 1P 0.40

113 Site-Bishanpura Road 0 19 19 0-5 1 3.80 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-19 4P

114 Site-Khuban Road 0 3 3 0-3 1P 2.10 Total 1243.33 1507.88

2.3 CHARACTER OF VEGETATION: The crop in general is irregular and is mostly a mixture of Shisham, Kikar, Neem & Eucalyptus. In some areas Eucalyptus has been grown as pure crop. Shisham is mostly pole to middle aged mixed with Kikar & Eucalyptus. Regeneration of Shisham at favourable sites

62 through root suckers is observed. A few successful shisham plantations have been raised in this working circle. Some sites where plantations have not shown encouraging growth are the result of biotic interference. These areas need special efforts for making the plantation a success. Tall plants can be planted in low lying areas. Special efforts of protection like barbed wire fencing on all the roads should be made to ensure the success of plantations. 2.4 ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF THE CROP: In this division, enumeration up to 30 Cms. girth has been carried out during 2009-10, on the basis of which growing stock of the Division has been estimated. The increment put on after the enumeration has not been accounted for while calculating the yield, thus some additional volume will be available in future, The detail of the growing stock (species wise) is given Table No. II-2 2.5 METHOD OF TREATMENT: The emphasis will be laid on the complete treatment of a particular compartment according to the silvicultural requirements and its land capability. Shisham stock will be preserved as its regeneration is not satisfactory. No felling will be carried out in avenue line. In these areas only dead & dry trees will be felled. Avenue lines will be planted with ornamental shade bearing & fruit trees. Coppice obtained from Eucalyptus will be supplemented by artificial planting to stock the area completely. A provenance trial of eucalyptus and kikar has been conducted at Pyariana and Talwandi respectively at Ludhiana-Ferozepur road in year 1991-92. Mature crop is standing at both the places. Proper efforts shall be taken to take these provenance trial to a logical conclusion. Felling in areas will be taken up one year in advance before planting. TABLE II-2 STATEMENT SHOWING TOTAL GROWING STOCK OF ROAD WORKING CIRCLE Sr Species V IV III IIA IIB IA IB TOTAL VOL No. (m3) 1 Shisham 1064 5548 1989 1468 915 462 356 11802 7959.34 2 Kikar 3349 12191 9869 7837 4069 1968 1072 40355 33350.76 3 Euc. 1576 9120 8758 6772 3614 1748 875 32463 28611.1 4 Misc 16550 42665 17831 5506 1521 618 448 85139 29162.25 Total 22539 69524 38447 21583 10119 4796 2751 169759 99083.45

63 2.6 THE SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM: Considering the declining tree cover due to heavy drying up of trees, selection cum improvement felling system is proposed. 2.7 ROTATION: The rotations of the various species and exploitable girth at the end of the rotation is as under: Name of Species Rotation in years Explo. girth Shisham 60 180 Kikar 30 105 Euc 25 130 Misc 60 180

2.8 CALCULATION OF YIELD: The yield will be controlled by volume. The annual coupe shall be worked out as per silvicultural requirements and land capability. As per Von Mantels formula, the yield of Shisham, Kikar, Eucalyptus and Misc. species can be prescribed for felling as under: Y= 2V/r V= Species wise growing stock. r = Rotation of the species in years. . Y= Annual Yield in m3

Table II-3 Yield Calculation of Road Working Circle Sr No. Shisham Kikar Euc Misc Total V 7959.34 33350.76 28611.1 29162.25 99083.45 r 60 30 25 60 Y(Annual Yield cubic Meter) 265.31 2223.38 2288.89 972.08 5749.66 Y(Annual Yield prescribed for 132.66 1111.69 1144.44 486.04 2874.83 felling)

Therefore, total prescribed yield for felling from Road Working Circle is 2874.83 m3. If this yield is not obtained from dead dry trees then remaining yield should be obtained from Mesquite, Acacia tortallis, Eucalyptus, Kikar and other trees in this order. Mesquite shall be replaced by some suitable indigenous species. Wherever mesquite has invaded the ground flora, it should be uprooted before planting. On the other hand where young

64 plantations have already come up under mesquite, the mesquite trees should be marked for felling so that growth of indigenous species can be enhanced. The yield of each species to be felled annually has been tabulated on priority basis. The priority list of strips in each working circle has been given and officer not below rank of Range officer will mark trees from these strips after deduction volume obtained from dead, dry and development works felling. 2.9 MARKING RULES: The following marking rules are to be observed: i) All the trees in the annual coupe will be marked for felling except the following: a) Avenue line on each side of the road.. b) Advance growth in compact groups of Kikar & Eucalyptus upto 30 cm. girth. c) All healthy ornamental, fruit and Misc. trees such as Bohar, Pipal, Drek, Tun, Jamun etc. d) Trees required for defence purposes.

ii) All dead, dry and wind fallen trees will be marked for felling. iii) All trees obstructing traffic should be marked for felling. iv) No green Shisham shall be marked for felling unless it is threat to life and property. v) Wherever mesquite has invaded the ground flora, it should be uprooted before planting. vi) On the other hand where young plantations have already come up under mesquite, the mesquite tree should be marked for felling so that growth of indigenous species can be improved. vii)Mulberry over 60 cm. girth and popular above 90 cm girth shall be marked for felling. viii) Avenue line along all roads shall be worked on physical rotation. ix) All trees dangerous to life and property may be marked for removal by Divisional Forest Officer . x) Diseased trees will be marked for felling if required. xi) The marking should be limited to the extent that it does not exceed the limit of volume given in table No. 15. xii)Thinning can be carried out if necessary

65 xiii) Standard trees on the boundary of farmers shall be left while marking so as to act as demarcation pillers. 2.10 METHOD OF EXECUTING FELLING: 1 Care should be taken to avoid damage to the transmission lines and young growth at the time of felling. 2 Trees should be felled away from the road or parallel to the road to avoid blockade of the road. 3 Pits formed after the felling should be filled properly. 4 Eucalyptus should be cut as far as possible 10 cms. above the ground level. 5 Felling of Eucalyptus in hot season from 15th April to 30th June should not be allowed because the coppice regeneration is poor in hot summer. 2.11 PLANTING PROGRAMME: . i) Shade bearing and flowering trees shall be planted on National & State Highways, Minor and Link Road planting of one species in a particular stretch should be done ii) While carrying out plantation works inter-departmental rules must be observed. iii) Planting of fruit and ornamental trees should be done along with other economic species. iv) 1-2 trees of shade bearing species such as Pipal and Bohar should be planted in every Km. They will provide shade for travelers and fruits for birds as well as enhance the aesthetic value of roads. v) The area felled in a particular year shall be taken up for planting during the next year and the planting programme shall be prepared by D.F.O. (Territorial) in the same year and got approved by the competent authority. vi) The felling should commensurate with planting and enough funds shall be made available for planting.

66 2.12 FELLING PROGRAMME: The statement showing the areas for felling in the subsequent year is given in Table No. II-4.

Table No. II-4 FELLING PROGRAMME FOR ROADS WORKING CIRCLE (Felled Vol in m3)

PERIOD SR. NAME OF THE STRIPS COMP. NO. SIDE SHISHAM KIKAR EUCA MISC NO LYPT US 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2010-11 1 D.H.S. Road km 360-385 73P, 74, 75, L/S 600 590 250 76,77 2 Malout Fazilka Road Km 20-50 5P,6,7,8,9,10 L/S 511 554 235 Total 1111 1144 485 2011-12 1 D.H.S. Road km 360-385 73P, 74, 75, R/S 630 1144 255 76,77 2 Malout Fazilka Road Km 20-50 5P,6,7,8,9,10 R/S 480 0 231 Total 1110 1144 486 2012-13 1 Zira Ferozepur Road Km 80- 17,18,19,20 L/S 610 700 210 100 2 Abohar Hanumangarh Road 1,2,3,4,5P L/S 501 444 275 Km 0-21 Total 1111 1144 485 s e

2013-14 1 Zira Ferozepur Road Km 80- 17,18,19,20 R/S e 470 1145 190 r T

100 n e

2 Abohar Hanumangarh Road 1,2,3,4,5P R/S l 640 0 295 l

Km 0-21 a F

Total & 1110 1145 485

y 2014-15 1 Ferozepur Fazilka Road Km 1P,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 L/S r 1112 0 310 D

2-40 , d a

2 Ferozepur Muktsar Road Km 1P,2 L/S e 0 1144 175 D 4-12 y l

Total n 1112 1144 485 2015-16 1 Ferozepur Fazilka Road Km 1P,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 R/S O 656 580 370 2-40 2 Ferozepur Muktsar Road Km 1P,2 R/S 456 564 115 4-12 Total 1112 1144 485 2016-17 1 Abohar Byepass Road Km 0- 1,2,3,4P L/S 400 485 130 16 2 Kot isse Khan Jagraon Road 1,2,3 L/S 450 395 90 Km 0-15 3 Guruharsahai Muktsar Road 1,2,3 L/S 262 265 265 km 0-15 Total 1112 1145 485

67 2017-18 1 Abohar Byepass Road Km 0- 1,2,3,4P R/S 650 495 130 16 2 Kot isse Khan Jagraon Road 1,2,3 R/S 0 295 210 Km 0-15 3 Guruharsahai Muktsar Road 1,2,3 R/S 462 355 145 km 0-15 Total 1112 1145 485

2018-19 1 Abohar Dabwali Road Km 0-26 1,2,3,4,5,6P L/S 602 580 270

2 Abohar Hindumal Kot Road Km 1,2,3,4,5,6P L/S 510 564 215 0-28 Total 1112 1144 485 2019-20 1 Abohar Dabwali Road Km 0- 1,2,3,4,5,6P R/S 410 470 135 26 2 Abohar Hindumal Kot Road 1,2,3,4,5,6P R/S 440 400 95 Km 0-28 3 Muktsar Abohar Road Km 37- 8P,9,10P R/S 262 274 255 s

48 e e Total r 1112 1144 485 T

2020-21 1 Jalalabad Indergarh Road 1,2P L/S n 420 500 150 e l l

Km 0-8 a F 2 Baghapurana Mudki Road 4P,5P L/S 430 375 100 &

Km 19-22 y r

3 Muktsar Abohar Road Km 8P,9,10P L/S D 261 268 235

,

37-48 d a

Total e 1111 1143 485 D

2021-22 1 Jalaabad Indergarh Road Km 1,2P R/S y 610 700 210 l

0-8 n 2 Baghapurana Mudki Road 4P,5P R/S O 501 444 275 Km 19-22 Total 1111 1144 485 2022-23 1 D.H.S. Road km 385-424 78,79,80,81,82,8 L/S 600 550 170 3,84,85P, 2 Ferozepur Fazilka Road Km 9 to 17 L/S 310 444 120 40-85 3 Makhu Wakka Road Km 0-28 1,2,3 L/S 200 150 195 Total 1110 1144 485 2023-24 1 D.H.S. Road km 385-424 78,79,80,81,82,8 R/S 750 640 190 3,84,85P, 2 Ferozepur Fazilka Road Km 9 to 17 R/S 230 450 185 40-85 3 Makhu Wakka Road Km 0-28 1,2,3 R/S 132 55 110 Total 1112 1145 485 2024-25 1 Ludihiana Fazilka Road Km 18 P, 19, 20, L/S 660 550 185 89-110 21,22 2 Ganganagar Malout Road 50-70 10P,11,12,13, L/S 280 400 170 14P 3 Goluke Guruharsahai Km 0-4 1P L/S 172 195 130 Total 1112 1145 485

68 CHAPTER - III

CANAL WORKING CIRCLE 3.1 GENERAL CONSTITUTION: The Canal working circle includes all the areas along canals, distributaries and minors which are under the control of Forest Department except for the strips/compartments which are part of eucalyptus working circle. It covers an area of 3278.96 ha. The Main Canal Systems are Ferozepur Feeder, Sirhind Feeder, Eastern Canal, Main Branch Canal, Bikaner Canal, Sidhwan Branch Canal and Abohar Branch Canal,. The Rajasthan canal passes through the Ferozepur Distt. but at present it is not under the control of Forest Department. Negotiation is going on between the Irrigation Department and Forest Department regarding plantation over the Rajasthan feeder. Special Objects of Management:

The special objects of management of this working circle are: 1 To enhance the ecosystem services and to provide local livelihood opportunities to the local communities along with conservation and restoration of biodiversity. 2 To improve the density and quality of forest cover by planting economically important tree species and adopting silvicultural techniques. 3 To provide wood for agricultural implements, house construction and raw material for wood based industries. 4 To retain and plant such trees that may provide food and shelter to the Wildlife. 5 To stabilize and strengthen the bunds, embankments etc. along canals, drains, rivers and other anti flood measures. 6 Consistent with the above said objects of management to provide for progressively maximum sustained yield. 3.2 BLOCK AND COMPARTMENTS: There are no blocks in this working circle. The number and the nomenclature of the compartments have already been explained. The Compartment allotment of Canal working Circle is given in table III-1

69 Table III-1 Compartment Allotment for Canal working Circle

S. NAME OF STRIPS TOTAL LENGTH Compartment Compartment Total NO. Reach No. Area in FROM TO Kms. (L & R) ha KM/RD KM/RD 1 Sidhwa Branch Canal 220 288.232 20.97 220-240 12 73.60 240-260 13 260-280 14 280-288.23 15P 2 Kishanpura Distributary of S.B.C. 0 42.150 12.96 0-20 1 14.00 20-40 2 40-42 3P 3 5R Distributary of S.B.C. 0 20.210 6.31 0-20 1 9.00 4 1 L Mr. of 5R Distributary 0 16.150 5.03 0-16 1P 2.50 5 l R Mr. of 5R Distributary 0 8 2.44 0-8 1P 1.25 6 Kinawa Distributary of S.B.C. 0 39.153 12.05 0-20 1 13.00 20-39 2P 7 Karval Mr. of Kingwa Distributary 0 13.030 4.00 0-13 1P 2.00 8 Khosa-Sub Mr. of Karyal Mr. 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 1.75 9 Khosa Mr. of Kingwa Distributary 0 11 3.36 0-11 1P 1.00 10 Lohara Mr. of Kingwa Distributary 0 28 8.54 0-20 1 6.50 20-28 2P 11 1 R Sub Mr. of Lohara Mr. 0 19.260 6.06 0-19 1P 3.25 12 2 R Sub Mr. of Lohara Mr. 0 13.230 4.20 0-13 1P 2.00 13 Dharamkot Distributary Of S.B.C. 0 32.150 9.91 0-20 1 10.00 20-32 2P 14 6 R Distributary of S.B.C 0 147.150 44.99 0-20 1 78.59 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-147 8P 15 Reherwan Mr. of-6R Distributary. 0 23 7.02 0-20 1 3.50 20-23 2P 16 Husmatwah Mr. of 6R 0 34.200 10.57 0-20 1 5.50 Distributary. 20-34 2P 17 Khanna Mr. of 6R Distributary 0 14 4.27 0-14 1P 2.00 18 Nathuwah Mr. of 6R Distributary. 0 2.150 7.17 0-2 1P 7.00 19 Bahadurpur Mr. of 6R Distributary 0 48 14.64 0-20 1 1.50 20-40 2 40-48 3P 20 Aminwala Mr. of 6R Distributary. 0 8.150 2.59 0-8 1P 1.00 21 Falehwah Mr. of 6R 0 25 7.63 0-20 1 4.00

70 20-25 2P 22 Mayyawah Distributary of S.B.C. 0 65 19.53 0-20 1 60.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-65 4P 23 Attari Mr. of mayyawah Distributary 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 1.00 24 Zira Distributary of mayyawah 0 103 31.42 0-20 1 4.16 Distributary. 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-103 6P 25 2L Mr. of Zira Distributary 0 44 13.42 0-20 1 7.00 20-40 2 40-44 3P 26 1 R Sub Mr. of 2L Mr. 0 32 9.75 0-20 1 5.00 20-32 2P 27 2R Sub Mr. of 2L Mr. 0 6 1.83 0-6 1P 2.00 28 1R Mr. of Zira Distributary 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 7.00 29 1R Sub Mr. opt 1R 0 6.170 2.00 0-6 1P 2.00 Mr.(Abondoned) 30 Manawan Mr. of lirl Distributary. 0 26 15.56 0-20 1 2.75 20-26 2P 31 Sekhwan-Sub Mr. of Manawan 0 15 4.57 0-15 1P 3.00 Mr. 32 Karmiti-Sub Mr. of Manawan Mr. 5 48 13.12 5-20 1P 1.50 20-40 2 40-48 3P 33 KarmitiKassi of Marmiti Sub Mr. 0 4 1.22 0-4 1P 1.50 34 Daulatwah Distributary. of S B.C. 0 107.130 32.77 0-20 1 4.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-107 6P 35 Sherpur Mr. of Daulalwa 0 18 5.49 0-18 1P 2.75 Distributary. 36 Aggawah Distributary. of S.B.C. 0 117.091 35.78 0-20 1 8.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-117 6P 37 Mehil Mr. of Aooawah Distributary 0 31.215 9.67 0-20 1 5.00 20-31 2P 38 Katera Mr. of Aggawah 0 14 4.27 0-14 1P 3.00 Distributary 39 Nurpur Mr. of Aggawah 0 33 10.07 0-20 1 5.50 Distributary.

71 20-33 2P 40 Santuwala Mr. of Agqawah 0 8.290 2.73 0-8 1P 1.00 Distributary 41 Ferozepur Feeder 0 168.210 51.45 0-20 1 220.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-168 9P 42 Sultan khan Mr. of Sodhinagar 0 32.150 9.91 0-20 1 2.00 Distributary 20-32 2P 43 Hamwah Mr. of Sodhinagar 0 25.060 7.69 0-20 1 1.75 Distributary 20-25 2P 44 Ittianwali Sub Mr. of Hamwah Mr. 0 5 1.53 0-5 1P 1.60

45 Landa-Bhaba Sub Mr. of 0 8 2.44 0-8 1P 1.50 Harnwah Mr. 46 Mayyawah Distributary. of 0 90 27.45 0-20 1 60.00 Ferozepur Feeder 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-90 5P 47 Faridewah Mr. of Mayyawah 0 8.150 2.59 0-8 1P 1.00 Distributary. 48 Gill Mr. of Mayyawah Distributary 0 14 4.27 0-14 1P 5.00 49 Ferozepur Mr. of Mayyawah 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 5.00 Distributary. 50 Hastewah Mr. of Mayyawah 0 24.178 7.49 0-20 1 8.00 Distributary. 20-24 2P 51 Santpura Sub Mr. of Hastewah 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 3.00 Mr.' 52 lIIaichiwah Mr. of Mayyawah 0 20 6.10 0-20 1 7.34 Distributary 53 Mallwal Jadid Mr. of Mayyawah 0 34 10.37 0-20 1 10.00 Distributary 20-34 2P 54 Jhoke-Harihar Distributary of FZR 0 29.150 9.00 0-20 1 17.98 Feeder 20-29 2P 55 Karmuwala Distributary of Slrhind 0 26 7.93 0-20 1 2.38 Feeder 20-26 2P

72 56 Ghall Distributary of Sirhind 0 9.210 2.96 0-9 1P 2.65 Feeder 57 1 L Mr. of Ghall Distributary 0 5.050 1.58 0-5 1P 2.00 58 Mallwal Kadim Mr. of Kassubegu 0 17.170 5.36 0-17 1P 12.00 Distributary 59 Mallwal-Kadim Sub Mr. of 0 8 2.44 0-8 1P 0.97 MallwalKadim 60 Sapawala Mr. of Kassubegu 0 33 10.07 0-20 1 19.14 Distributary 20-33 2P 61 Butewah Distributary. of Makhu 0 162.150 49.56 0-20 1 45.00 Canal 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-162 9P 62 Old-Butewah Distributary 0 7 2.14 0-7 1P 1.28 63 Fatehgarh of Butewah 0 32 9.76 0-20 1 5.00 Distributary. 20-32 2P 64 Gurdittiwala Mr. of Butewah 0 36.360 . 11.04 0-20 1 6.00 Distributary. 20-36 2P 65 Karian Mr. of Butewah 0 12 3.66 0-12 1P 1.00 Distributary. . 66 Varnishwah Distributary of Makku 0 73 22.27 0-20 1 11.10 Canal 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-73 4P 67 Sarhali Mr. of Varishwah 0 17.030 5.22 0-17 1P 2.60 Distributary. 68 Mallanwala Mr. of Vamishwala 0 5.060 1.59 0-5 1P 11.00 Distributary 69 Eastern Canal 0 26 7.93 0-20 1 32.00 20-26 2P 70 Changa Distributary. of Eastern 0 42 12.80 0-20 1 27.00 Canal 20-40 2 40-42 3P 71 Jalalabad Mr. 0 45 13.73 0-20 1 13.74 20-40 2 40-45 3P 72 Ladhuke Distributary. 0 181 55.21 0-20 1 90.00 20-40 2 40-60 3

73 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-180 9 180-181 10P 73 Qutabqarh Mr. of Ladhuke 0 21 6.41 0-20 1 2.40 Distributary. 20-21 2P 74 Blalelke Mr. of Ladhuke 0 22 6.70 0-20 1 3.50 Distributary. 20-22 2P 75 Pindi Mr. of Ladhuke Distributary. 0 30.060 9.21 0-20 1 6.00 20-30 2P 76 Lamchar Mr. of Ladhke 0 23 7.02 0-20 1 3.50 Distributary. 0-23 2P 77 Bahadaur-Ke Distributary. 0 76.240 23.42 0-20 1 26.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-76 4P 78 Wadeke Mr. of Bahadur-Ke 0 22 6.71 0-20 1 2.02 Distributary. 20-22 2P 79 Mamdot Distributary of Eastern 0 216 65.88 0-20 1 89.66 Canal 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-180 9 180-200 10 200-216 11P 80 Sodhiwala Distributary. of Eastern 0 59 18.00 0-20 1 13.30 Canal 20-40 2 40-59 3P 81 Machiwara Mr. of Sodhiwala 0 37 11.29 0-20 1 9.02 Distributary. 20-37 2P 82 Main Br. Canal (M.B.C) 0 239 72.90 0-20 1 276.50 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5

74 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-180 9 180-200 10 200-220 11 220-239 12P 83 Shalewala Distributary. of Main 0 3.225 1.14 0-3 1P 0.92 Branch Canal 84 Kahan Singh Wala Distributary. of 0 58 17.69 0-20 1 21.20 Main Branch Canal 20-40 2 40-58 3P 85 Guruhar Shai (GHS) Distributary. 0 18 5.49 0-18 1P 7.00 of Main Branch Canal 86 Jhawala Mr. of G.H.S. 0 22 6.71 0-20 1 2.68 Distributary. 20-22 2P 87 Rattewala Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 5.00 88 Tarobri Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 71 21.66 0-20 1 33.60 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-71 4P 89 Kehar Singh Wala Distributary. of 0 14 4.27 0-14 1P 2.00 M.B.C. 90 Mehma Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 14 4.27 0-14 1P 1.60 91 Kharani Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 11 3.36 0-11 1P 2.00 92 Shannwala Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 13.260 4.23 0-13 1P 1.26 93 Saide-Ke Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 50 15.25 0-20 1 12.20 20-40 2 40-50 3P 94 Nizamwah Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 102 31.11 0-20 1 50.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-102 6P 95 1 L Mr. of Nizamwah Distributary 0 1.190 0.50 0-1 1P 0.06 96 2L Mr. of Nizamwah Distributary. 0 3.100 1.02 0-3 1P 0.30 97 3L Mr. of Nizamwah Distributary. 0 5.180 1.71 0-5 1P 0.54 98 Barketwah Mr. of Nizamwah 0 58.275 17.97 0-20 1 17.00 Distributary. 20-40 2 40-58 3P 99 Faizwah Mr. of Nizamwah 0 50 15.25 0-20 1 5.11 Distributary 20-40 2 40-50 3P 100 Kalewala Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 42.150 12.96 0-20 1 21.00

75 20-40 2 40-42 3P 101 Mauzam Link Canal of M.B.C. 0 29 8.85 0-20 1 24.00 20-29 2P 102 Faziika Distributary of M.B.C. 0 97 29.59 0-20 1 141.50 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-97 5P 103 Aslamwala Mr. of Fazilka 0 45 13.73 0-20 1 2.76 Distributary 20-40 2 40-45 3P 104 Kerian Mr. of Fazilka Distributary 0 45 13.73 0-20 1 8.22 20-40 2 40-45 3P 105 Lalowali Mr. of Fazilka 0 29 8.85 0-20 1 4.00 Distributary 20-29 2P 106 Mozam Mr. of Fazilka 0 70 21.35 0-20 1 104.28 Distributary. 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-70 4P 107 Awa Mr. of Fazilka Distributary 0 5.150 1.68 0-5 1P 0.40 108 Hauj Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 35 10.68 0-20 1 6.00 20-35 2P 109 Serian Mr. of Hauj Distributary. 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 3.00 110 Bandiwa La Distributary of M.B.C. 0 34 10.37 0-20 1 12.00 20-34 2P 111 Jandwala Mr. of Bandiwala 0 73 22.27 0-20 1 34.00 Distributary. 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-73 4P 112 Subana Mr. of Bandiwala 0 7 2.14 0-7 1P 0.85 Distributary. 113 Chakpakhi Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 40 12.20 0-20 1 5.20 20-40 2 114 State Distributary of M.B.C. 0 23.200 7.22 0-20 1 16.00 20-23 2P 115 Moradwala Mr. of State 0 30 9.15 0-20 1 18.00 Distributary 20-30 2P 116 Southern Distributary. of M.B.C. 0 82.150 25.16 0-20 1 64.14 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-82 5P

76 117 Khui Khera Mr. of Southern 0 35 10.68 0-20 1 6.00 Distributary 20-35 2P 118 Hirawala Mr. of Southern 0 45 13.73 0-20 1 61.00 Distributary 20-40 2 40-45 3P 119 Choudhary Mr. of Southern 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 1.83 Distributary 120 New Lakha Mr. of Southern 0 24 7.32 0-20 1 9.60 Distributary. 20-24 2P 121 Kheowali Distributary of M.B.C. 0 25 7.63 0-20 1 5.00 20-25 2P 122 Abohar Branch Canal 587 629.135 12.95 587-600 30P 35.00 600-620 31 620-629 32P 123 Kokri Distributary of AB CANAL 85 150.100 19.93 85-100 5P 89.94 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-150 8P 124 5L Mr. of Kekri Distributary 2.072 27.210 4.71 2-20 1P 1.88 20-27 2P 125 6 R Mr . of Kekri Distributary 0 7 2.14 0-7 1P 0.86 126 7 R Mr. of Kekri Distributary 0 17 5.19 0-17 1P 2.08 127 8 L Mr of Kekri Distributary 0 3 0.92 0-3 1P 0.27 128 Golewal Distributary of F.S.B. 0 24 7.32 0-20 1 5.49 20-24 2P 129 Ditch Channal of AB CANAL 110 135 7.63 110-120 6P 7.62 120-135 7P 130 Mudki Distributary. of Ditch 0 44 13.42 0-20 1 12.08 Chanal 20-40 2 40-44 3P 131 Jeet Distributary. of Ditch Chanal 0 36 10.98 0-20 1 8.78 20-36 2P 132 Link Channal of Jeet Distributary. 0 5.150 1.68 0-5 1P 0.67 133 Fidda Distributary. 0 7.180 2.32 0-7 1P 0.92 134 Armiwala Distributary. 87 145 17.69 87-100 5P 67.70 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-145 8P 135 Bhagsar Mr. of Amiwala 55 90 10.68 55-60 3P 6.00 Distributary 60-80 4 80-90 5P 136 Suban Sub Mr. of Bhagsar Mr. 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 1.52 137 Barn Sub Mr. of Bhagsar Mr. 0 14.070 4.34 0-14 1P 2.50 138 Singhpura Sub Mr. of Bhagsar 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 0.92 Mr.

77 139 Nukerian Sub MR. of Bhagsar Mr. 0 24 7.32 0-20 1 4.00 20-24 2P 140 Bhagsar Rad Kassi of Bhagsar 0 9 2.75 0-9 1P 0.54 Mr. 141 Kamalwala Mr. of Amiwala 0 29 8.85 0-20 1 41.80 Distributary. 20-29 2P 142 Kamalwala Rad Kassi of Arniwala 0 5 1.53 0-5 1P 0.60 Distributary 143 Wazidpur Mr. of Amiwala 0 12 3.66 0-12 1P 0.74 Distributary. 144 Jhotianwali Kassi (Abandoned) 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 1.83 145 Lambi Distributary of AB CANAL 107.15 261 46.82 107-120 6P 233.00 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-180 9 180-200 10 200-220 11 220-240 12 240-260 13 260-261 14P 146 Tarmala Mr. of Lambi Distributary 7.15 53 7.78 7-20 1P 1.60 20-40 2 40-53 3P 147 Kular Mr. of Lambi Distributary. 0 17.260 2.45 0-17 1P 2.17 148 Malukpur Distributary of AB Canal 32 198.200 50.83 32-40 2P 210.00 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-180 9 180-198 10P 149 Dhaba Mr. of Malukpur 0 18 5.49 0-18 1P 1.20 Distributary 150 Dhaba Rad Kassi of Dhaba Mr. 0 8 2.44 0-8 1P 0.74 151 Ramsara Mr. of Malukpur 0 95 28.98 0-20 1 17.40 Distributary 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-95 5P 152 Khatwan Sub Mr. of Ramsar Mr. 0 18 5.49 0-18 1P 0.60 153 Jhurar Khera Sub Mr. of Ramsara 0 7 2.14 0-7 1P 0.40 Mr. 154 Dalatpur Mr. of Malukpur Distributary 0 101.078 30.88 0-20 1 138.40 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4

78 80-100 5 100-101 6P 155 Daulatpur Mr. (Abondone) 0 1 0.31 0-1 1P 0.36

156 Dharampura Sub Mr. of Daulatpur 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 0.80 Mr. 157 Gidderanwali Sub Mr. of 0 11 3.36 0-11 1P 2.01 Daulatpur Mr. 158 Maujgarh Sub Mr. of Daulatpur 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 0.40 Mr. 159 Kikar Khera Mr. of Malukpur 0 7 2.14 0-7 1P 0.40 Distributary. 160 Waryam Khera Mr. of Malukpur 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 0.40 Distributary 161 Dhingawali Mr. of Malukpur 0 12 3.66 0-12 1P 0.40 Distributary. 162 Dangar Khera Mr. of MalukDur 0 17 5.19 0-17 1P 1.40 Distributary 163 Achadki Mr. of Malukpur 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 0.92 Distributary 164 Gumjal Mr. of Malukpur 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 0.92 Distributary 165 Aspal Mr; of AB CANAL 25 60 10.68 25-40 2P 20.00 40-60 3 166 Rurianwali Rad Kassi of Aspal Mr. 0 12 3.66 0-12 1P 2.40

167 Balana Mr. 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 0.61 168 Bahawal Bassi Kassi 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 0.61 169 Gobindgarh Mr. 0 12 3.66 0-12 1P 0.40 170 Escape Mr. 0 3 0.92 0-3 1P 0.20 171 Sarwan Mr. 25 55 9.15 25-40 2P 1.82 40-55 3P 172 Panjawa Distributary. AB.Canal 0 76 23.18 0-20 1 54.50 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-76 4P 173 Abohar Mr. of Paniawa 0 21 6.41 0-20 1 1.40 Distributary 20-21 2P 174 Abohar Rad Kassi of Abohar Mr. 0 10 3.13 0-10 1P 0.61 20-24 2P 175 Khuian Rad Kassi of Panjawa 0 13 3.97 0-13 1P 1.00 Distributary 176 Jandwala Mr. of Panjawa 0 30 9.15 0-20 1 51.40 Distributary 20-30 2P 177 Bakainwala Sub Mr. of Jandwala 0 27 8.23 0-20 1 1.40 Mr 20-27 2P 178 Panjkosi Mr. of Panjawa 0 6 1.83 0-6 1P 0.40

79 Distributary 179 Bakainwala Rad Kassi of 0 12 3.66 0-12 1P 1.66 Panjawa Distributary 180 Khipanwali Rad Kassi of Panjawa 0 7 2.14 0-7 1P 0.42 Distributary 181 Kundal Rad Kassi 0 10 3.50 0-10 1P 0.61 182 Gadhadob Rad Kassi 0 7 2.14 0-7 1P 0.42 183 Karamgarh Rad Kassi of 6 78 4.27 6-20 1P 5.90 Karamgarh Distributary 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-78 4P 184 Sukhchain Distributary of Sirhind 65 148 16.17 65-80 4P 82.60 Feeder 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-148 8P 185 Rasulpur Mr. of Sukhchain 0 14.150 4.42 0-14 1P 1.32 Distributary 186 Bhagsar Rad Kassi of Sukhchain 0 12 3.66 0-12 1P 0.74 Distributary Total 1938.48 3278.96

3.3 CHARACTER OF VEGETATION: On the whole the composition is mainly mixed crop stands of Eucalyptus, Shisham, Kikar and Miscellaneous species along Bikaner canal, AB Canal, Main Branch Canal and Sirhind feeder. On drier sites the main crop is kikar mixed with miscellaneous species. Shisham and fruits trees are scattered in these areas. On the whole the crop is irregular in respect of age, density and composition. Natural regeneration of various species is generally deficient due to biotic interference and lack of moisture in the forest floor. 3.4 ANALYSIS OF THE CROP AND EVALUATION: The growing stock has been enumerated upto 30 cms. Girth (O.B). The Detail of the growing stock has been calculated and given in the Table No. III-2 3.5 METHOD OF TREATMENT: The compartment as a whole will be subjected to treatment according to its silvicultral requirements. The Shisham stock is to be maintained as its regeneration is not keeping pace with the intensity of the felling. Only dead, dry, diseased and malformed shisham trees will be marked for felling. Coppice obtained from Eucalyptus felling should be protected and supplemented with Eucalyptus plants.

80  Since canal strips have good facility of irrigation, good quality Shisham plantations along with clonal eucalyptus can be thought of in the blank areas.  Trees on the boundary of farmer's field should not be marked to demarcate strip area with farmer's field.  Trees dangerous for the maintenance of canal should also be marked for felling.  Light thinning can be prescribed in the working circle where crop has become too dense.  The felling should commensurate with planting and enough funds shall be made available for planting 3.6 SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM: Selection cum Improvement system of felling shall be followed. TABLE III-2

STATEMENT SHOWING TOTAL GROWING STOCK OF CANAL WORKING CIRCLE

Sr. Species V IV III IIA IIB IA IB Total Volume No. 1 Shisham 5248 19637 6845 3657 2085 1383 1517 40372 24353.95 2 Kikar 2515 12766 9273 9929 6934 3206 1860 46483 47397.85 3 Euc. 1636 10108 10504 9789 7019 3486 1969 44511 48699.45 4 Misc 9740 32761 11713 4091 1558 740 1348 61951 25997.3 5 Total 19139 75272 38335 27466 17596 8815 6694 193317 146448.6

3.7 ROTATION: The rotation of the various species along with their exploitable diameter at the end of their rotation period is enumerated as under: Table III-3 S.No. Species Rotation In Years Exploitable Girth In Cm.

1 Shisham 60 180 2 Kikar 30 105 3 Euc 25 130 4 Misc 60 180

81 3.8 CALCULATION OF YIELD: The yield is to be controlled by volume. The annual coupe shall be worked out as per silvicultural requirements and land capability. The Von Mantels formula regulates the yield of Shisham,Eucalyptus, Kikar and Misc. as under:- . y= 2V/r V = Species wise growing stock r = Rotation of the species in years. Y = Annual Yield in cubic meters as per calculations.

Table III-4

Yield Calculation of Canal Working Circle Sr No. Shisham Kikar Euc Misc Total V ( m3) 24353.95 47397.85 48699.45 25997.3 146448.6 r ( Years) 60 30 25 60 - Y(Annual Yield in cubic 811.80 3159.86 3895.96 866.58 8734.19 Meter) Y(Annual Yield prescribed for 405.90 1579.93 1947.98 433.29 4367.09 felling) in m3/Years

Therefore, total yield prescribed or felling from Canal Working Circle is half of total yield i.e. 4367.09 m3. The average annual cut has been prescribed on a very conservative side as per instructions contained in the guide lines for the preparation of the working plan. The details of the volume to be felled from 2010-11 to 2024-25 has been given in the Table No. III-4. Officer not below rank of Range officer will mark trees from green stock after deducting the volume of dry & fallen trees and trees felled on account of development works. The Divisional Forest Officer territorial should note that green and dead, dry, diseased and departmental felling should not exceed to average annual volume prescribed for felling except where the trees become dangerous to life and property. In cases where the felling is becoming more than prescribed a deviation should be got approved from higher authorities. 3.9 MARKING RULES: I) All trees except following shall be marked for felling a) Avenue line along the service road of the main canals.

82 b) Advance growth of all species in groups upto 30 Cms. girth. c) All healthy ornamental trees, fruit trees and Pipal, Bohar trees. d) Trees required for defence purposes. ii) All dead, dry and diseased trees shall be marked. iii) Trees obstructing traffic will be marked. iv) Green standing Shisham trees shall not be marked for felling. v) Mulberry over 60 Cm girth may be marked for felling. vi) Diseased trees will be marked for felling only after personal inspection of DFO. vii) All trees on the inner slope of canal should be marked for felling, irrespective of species, as they can damage the lining of canal. viii) All trees posing problem in deploying or operation of machinery by the irrigation department for maintenance or cleaning of canals should be marked for felling. ix) All trees which are planted against inter departmental rule can be jointly marked by Forest Department and Irrigation Department for felling.

3.10 METHOD OF EXECUTING FELLINGS: i) Care should be taken to avoid damage to the transmission, electric lines and the young growth at the time of felling. ii) Trees should be felled away from the service road or parallel to the road to avoid blockade. iii) Big trees should be lopped before felling to avoid damage to young regeneration. iv) All the pits should be filled with earth after felling. v) Eucalyptus should be cut in slanting position about 10 Cms. above the ground level for proper coppice growth. vi) No felling of Eucalyptus should be allowed between 15th April to 30th June. vii)The felling should commensurate with planting and enough funds shall be made available for planting 3.11 PLANTING RULES: i) Fast growing timber species should be planted in this working circle for maximum productivity. ii) Inter-departmental rules may be observed while carrying out plantations.

83 iii) Valuable tree species such as Teak, Shisham Eucalyptus etc. should be given preference. iv) The area felled in a particular year shall be taken up for planting during the next year and the programme shall be prepared by D.F.O. (Territorial) in the same year and got approved by the competent authority. v) 1-2 trees of shade bearing species such as Pipal and Bohar should be planted in every Kilometers. They will provide shade for travelers and fruit for birds as well as enhance the aesthetic value 3.12 FELLING PROGRAMME The statement showing areas to be taken up for felling (in subsequent years) compartment wise is given in Table III-5 Table III-5 FELLING PROGRAMME FOR CANAL WORKING CIRCLE (Felled Vol in m3)

PERIOD SR. NAME OF THE STRIPS COMP. NO. SIDE SHISHAM KIKAR EUCA MISC. NO. LYPT US 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2010-11 1 Sidhwa Branch Canal 12,13,14,15P L/S 420 0 400 2 6 R Disty of S.B.C 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8P L/S 790 1300 83 3 Zira Distributary. of 1,2,3,4 L/S 370 648 50

mayyawah Distributary. s e e

Total r 1580 1948 533 T 2011-12 1 Sidhwa Branch Canal 12,13,14,15P R/S 450 800 350 n e l

2 6 R Disty of S.B.C 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8P R/S l 780 700 110 a

3 Zira Distributary. of 1,2,3,4 R/S F 350 447 73

mayyawah Distributary. d n a Total 1580 1947 533 y 2012-13 1 Ferozepur Feeder 1,2,3,4,5 L/S r 550 690 200 D

, d a

2 Mayyawah Distributary of 1,2,3,4,5P L/S e 650 780 250 D Ferozepur Feeder y l

3 Faridewah Mr. of Mayyawah 1P L/S n 380 476 84 Distributary. O Total 1580 1946 534 2013-14 1 Ferozepur Feeder 1,2,3,4,5 R/S 580 790 190 2 Mayyawah Distributary of 1,2,3,4,5P R/S 680 690 230 Ferozepur Feeder 3 Faridewah Mr. of Mayyawah 1P R/S 320 468 113 Distributary. Total 1580 1948 533 2014-15 1 Ferozepur Feeder 6,7,8,9P L/S 610 650 270 2 Butewah Distributary. of 1,2,3,4,5 L/S 660 750 160 Makhu Canal 3 Jalalabad Mr. 1,2,3P L/S 310 548 102

84 Total 1580 1948 532 2015-16 1 Ferozepur Feeder 6,7,8,9P R/S 420 0 400 2 Butewah Distributary. of 1,2,3,4,5 R/S 790 1300 83 Makhu Canal 3 Jalalabad Mr. 1,2,3P R/S 370 648 50 Total 1580 1948 533 2016-17 1 Ladhuke Distributary. 1,2,3,4,5 L/S 700 900 300 2 Vamishwah Distributary of 1,2,3,4P L/S 780 850 150 Makku Canal 3 Eastern Canal 1,2P L/S 100 196 83 Total 1580 1946 533 2017-18 1 Vamishwah Distributary of 1,2,3,4P R/S 550 690 200 Makku Canal 2 Eastern Canal 1,2P R/S 650 780 250 3 Ladhuke Distributary. 1,2,3,4,5 R/S 380 476 84 Total 1580 1946 534 2018-19 1 Bahadur-Ke Distributary. 1,2,3,4P L/S 480 780 180 2 Ladhuke Distributary. 6,7,8,9,10P L/S 680 850 200 3 Butewah Distributary. of 6,7,8,9P L/S 420 318 152 Makhu Canal Total 1580 1948 532 2019-20 1 Butewah Distributary. of 6,7,8,9P R/S 900 580 181 Makhu Canal 2 Bahadur-Ke Distributary. 1,2,3,4P R/S 500 710 195 3 Ladhuke Distributary. 6,7,8,9,10P R/S 180 658 157 Total 1580 1948 533 2020-21 1 Main Branch Canal (M.B.C) 1,2,3,4,5,6 L/S 440 780 340 2 Mamdot Distributary of 1,2,3,4,5,6 L/S 780 720 130 Eastern Canal 3 Sodhiwala Distributary. of 1,2,3P L/S 360 446 65 Eastern Canal

Total s 1580 1946 535 e e

2021-22 1 Mamdot Distributary of 1,2,3,4,5,6 R/S r 610 740 350 T

Eastern Canal n e l

2 Sodhiwala Distributary. of 1,2,3P R/S l 520 760 135 a

Eastern Canal F

&

3 Main Branch Canal 1,2,3,4,5,6 R/S y 450 448 48 r D

,

Total d 1580 1948 533 a e D 2022-23 1 Main Branch Canal 7,8,9,10, L/S 550 690 200 y l

11,12P n 2 Abohar Branch Canal (AB 30P,31,32P L/S O 650 780 250 Canal) 3 Mamdot Distributary of 7,8,9,10, 11P L/S 380 476 84 Eastern Canal Total 1580 1946 534 2023-24 1 Mamdot Distributary of 7,8,9,10, 11P R/S 350 500 250 Eastern Canal 2 Panjawa Distributary of AB 1,2,3,4P R/S 700 600 100 Canal 3 Main Branch Canal 7,8,9,10, R/S 380 450 100

85 11,12P 4 Abohar Branch Canal (AB 30P,31,32P R/S 150 395 85 Canal) Total 1580 1945 535 2024-25 1 Southern Distributary of 1,2,3,4, 5P L/S 300 550 245 M.B.C 2 Lambi Distributary. Of AB 6P,7,8,9,10,11 L/S 650 590 150 Canal 3 Malukpur Distributary. 2P,3,4,5,6,7,8 L/S 350 440 140 4 Sukhchain Disty of Sirhind 4P,5,6,7,8P L/S 280 365 0 Feeder Total 1580 1945 535

86 CHAPTER - IV

BUND, DRAIN & ESCAPES WORKING CIRCLE

4.1 GENERAL CONSTITUTION:

This working circle includes all the land along drains, bunds and escapes falling in the civil jurisdiction of Ferozepur and Fazilka Districts except the land that fall under Eucalyptus working circle. This covers an area of 1203 Ha.

Special Objects of Management: The special objects of management of this working circle are: 1 To enhance the ecosystem services and to provide local livelihood opportunities to the local communities and conservation and restoration of biodiversity. 2 To improve environment for the betterment of people and to control pollution through forests by planting suitable species on different sites. 3 To prevent water logging and help in land improvement. 4 To maintain permanent tree cover on the bunds to strengthen the banks and as a result ensuring protection from floods 5 To provide sufficient food and shelter to wild life especially, birds. 4.2 BLOCK AND COMPARTMENTS:

There are no blocks in this working circle. The number and the nomenclature has already been explained. Their details regarding compartment allotment to this working circle are given in Table IV-1

87 Table IV-1

Compartment Allottment for Drain, Bund & Escape working Circle

S. NAME OF STRIPS TOTAL LENGTH Compartment Compartment Total NO. FROM TO Kms. Reach (L & R) No. Area in RD RD ha 1 Fagehgarh Drain 0 32 9.76 0-20 1 15.76 20-32 2P 2 5L Bund 92 150 17.69 92-100 5P 21.19 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-150 8P 3 Gidderpindi F.P. Bund 0 57 17.39 0-20 1 47.50 20-40 2 40-57 3P 4 Kussuwala F.P Bund-I 0 18 5.49 0-18 1P 7.14 5 Kussuwala F.P Bund-II 0 23 7.02 0-20 1 9.82 20-23 2P 6 Khanna Bund 0 20 6.10 0-20 1 6.10 7 Zira Drain 13 50 11.29 13-20 1P 24.00 20-40 2 40-50 3P 8 Baserewah Drain 0 40 12.20 0-20 1 6.08 20-40 2 9 Dharam Singh wala Drain 0 25 7.63 0-20 1 4.56 20-25 2P 10 Malsian Drain 0 33 10.07 0-20 1 2.12 20-33 2P 11 Talwandi Drain 0 34 10.37 0-20 1 6.78 20-34 2P 12 Talwandi Sub Drain 0 11.250 3.61 0-11 1P 4.00 13 Makhu Drain 0 56 17.08 0-20 1 17.50 20-40 2 40-56 3P 14 Maujgarh Drain 0 22 6.71 0-20 1 8.40 20-22 2P 15 Dharamkot Drain 0 33 10.07 0-20 1 18.00 20-33 2P 16 Kishanpura Drain 0 40 12.20 0-20 1 19.50 20-40 2 17 Harike F.P Bund 0 111 33.86 0-20 1 54.77 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-111 6P

88 18 Ferozeshah Drain 0 90 27.45 0-20 1 45.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-90 5P 19 Sukar Nala Drain 0 280 85.40 0-20 1 98.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-180 9 180-200 10 200-220 11 220-240 12 240-260 13 260-280 14P 20 Keendywala Spur Bund 0 5 1.53 0-5 1P 3.82 21 Neki Ram Bund 0 38.20 11.79 0-20 1 14.00 20-38 2P 22 Dhinger Spur Bund 0 2 0.61 0-2 1P 1.46 23 R.M Bund 0 21.15 6.56 0-20 1 35.00 20-21 2P 24 Hockey Bund 0 2 0.61 0-2 1P 1.46 25 Old City Ferozepur Bund 7 29 6.71 7-27 1 7.50 27-29 2P 26 Landy spur Bund 0 4 1.22 0-4 1P 3.05 27 Sodhi Nagar Drain 0 24.15 7.47 0-20 1 16.50 20-24 2P 28 Sodhi Nagar outfall drain 0 17.07 5.26 0-17 1P 7.00 29 Talwandi Drain 0 18 5.49 0-18 1P 6.60 30 Mamdot Drain 0 32.24 10.00 0-20 1 12.00 20-32 2P 31 Fidda Outfall drain 0 172.25 52.71 0-20 1 143.80 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-172 9P 32 Jalalabad Main drain 0 190 57.95 0-20 1 72.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4

89 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-180 9 180-190 10P 33 Cand Bhan Drain 30 115 25.93 30-40 2P 89.00 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-115 6P 34 Tarobri Drain 0 99 30.20 0-20 1 30.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-99 5P 35 Jalalabad Mauzam Drain 0 77 23.49 0-20 1 33.31 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-77 4P 36 Jiwa Arian Drain 0 42.150 12.96 0-20 1 23.00 20-40 2 40-42 3P 37 Jandwala Drain 0 59 18.00 0-20 1 10.00 20-40 2 40-59 3P 38 Chand Bhan Outfall drain 0 42.150 12.96 0-20 1 10.35 20-40 2 40-42 3P 39 Guru Har Shai Drain 0 30 9.15 0-20 1 10.00 20-30 2P 40 Barketwah Drain 0 125 38.13 0-20 1 60.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-100 5 100-120 6 120-125 7P 41 Deep Singh wala drain 0 22 6.71 0-20 1 6.00 20-22 2P 42 Gholewala Drain 0 22 6.71 0-20 1 20.00 20-22 2P 43 Rorainwala Drain 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 5.00 44 Kahan Singh wala drain 0 25 7.63 0-20 1 8.00 20-25 2P 45 Chugga Drain 0 20 6.10 0-20 1 6.00 46 Pacca Defence Bund 0 12 3.66 0-12 1P 4.00 47 Mumbeke Bund 0 10 2.75 0-10 1P 4.00

90 48 Churhiwala Bund 0 6 1.83 0-6 1P 3.00 49 Muradwala Bund 0 6 1.83 0-6 1P 3.00 50 Nurshah Bund 0 12 3.66 0-12 1P 6.00 51 Sabuana Drain 0 29 8.85 0-20 1 14.00 20-29 2P 52 Kaurianwala Drain 0 75 22.88 0-20 1 18.30 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-75 4P 53 Tahliwala Dodla Drain 0 52 15.86 0-20 1 12.68 20-40 2 40-52 3P 54 Ladhuka Drain 0 25 7.63 0-20 1 8.00 20-25 2P 55 Theh Qulander Drain 0 21 6.41 0-20 1 1.28 20-21 2P 56 Sureshwala Drain 0 33 10.07 0-20 1 3.04 20-33 2P 57 Turkanwali Drain 0 30 9.15 0-20 1 5.48 20-30 2P 58 Shatiwala Drain 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 1.83 59 Shatirwala Drain 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 60 Fazilka Drain 0 24 7.32 0-20 1 7.32 20-24 2P 61 Serian Drain 0 55 16.78 0-20 1 13.00 20-40 2 40-55 3P 62 Hockim Bund 0 10 3.05 0-10 1P 4.00 63 Old City Ferozepur Bund 0 63 19.22 0-20 1 18.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-63 4P 64 Landy spur Bund 0 75.150 23.03 0-20 1 25.00 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-75 4P Total 853.46 1203.00

4.3 CHARACTER OF VEGETATION: On the whole condition of the crop is irregular in respect of density, age, composition, etc. The main species are Kikar, Neem, Burma Drek, Acacia tortallis with patches of Eucalyptus, Jand (Prosopis cineraria) and scattered trees of Shisham and Siris. Some of the areas are blank.

91 4.4 ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF CROP: In Ferozepur Forest Division enumeration down to 30 Cms. girth has been carried out during the year 2009-2010 and on the basis of this the growing stock has been calculated. The detail of growing stock of has been calculated and is given in Table IV-2

4.5 METHOD OF TREATMENT: As already stated, emphasis will be on complete treatment of a particular compartment according to the silvicultural requirements and land capability. Shisham, which is very rare in this working circle, should not be felled at all, as the regeneration even otherwise is not keeping pace with the past felling of this species. Only dead & dry trees may be marked for felling. Planting of flowering trees and bushes at some points such as crossing of roads should be done. Coppice obtained from Eucalyptus should be supplemented with Eucalyptus bag plants to stock the area.The felling should commensurate with planting and enough funds shall be made available for planting 4.6 SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM: Silvicultural system shall be selection cum improvement. TABLE IV-2 STATEMENT SHOWING ABSTRACT OF TOTAL GROWING STOCK ALLOTTED TO BUND/DRAIN WORKING CIRCLE Sr No Species V IV III IIA IIB IA IB TOTAL VOL(M3) 1 Shisham 594 1909 614 634 305 127 108 4291 2779.1 2 Kikar 1000 4870 3020 1436 485 123 36 10970 5461.6 3 Euc. 887 2709 1634 2215 1751 816 408 10420 10523.8 4 Misc 3774 10215 2502 740 162 67 90 17550 4535.8 5 Total 6255 19703 7770 5025 2703 1133 642 43231 23300.3 7 ROTATION: The rotation for the various species along with their exploitable girth at the end of their rotation is given as under: TABLE IV-3 Species Rotation In Years Exploitable girth (In Cm.) Shisham 60 180 Kikar 30 105 Eucalyptus 25 130 Misc. 60 180

92 4.8 CALCULATION OF YIELD: As per method of treatment the yield would be regulated by volume. As per Von Mental's formula the annual yield for Kikar, Eucalyptus and Misc. species has been prescribed as under. - Y= 2V/r Where . V = Total standing volume in Cubic meter. r = Rotation in years. . ,

TABLE IV-4 Yield Calculation of Bandh & Drain Working Circle Sr No. Shisham Kikar Euc Misc Total V 2779.1 5461.6 10523.8 4535.8 23300.3 r 60 30 25 60 - Y(Annual Yield cubic 92.64 364.11 841.90 151.19 1449.84 Meter) Y(Annual Yield 46.32 182.05 420.95 75.60 724.92 prescribed for felling)

. The cut has been prescribed on very conservative side as per instructions contained in the guide lines for the preparation of the working plan. This will include the volume of dead, dry and fallen trees along with volume obtained from the silvicultural thinning. The volume removed in some other developmental works should also be included. 4.9 MARKING RULES: The following marking rules are prescribed: I) All the trees in the annual Coupe will be marked for felling except the following: a) All healthy ornamental and fruit trees including Bohar and Pipal. b) Advance growth of all species in compact groups upto 30 Cms. girth. c) Trees required for defence purposes. II) All dead, dry and wind fallen trees will be marked for felling. III) Green Standing trees of shisham shall not be marked for felling. IV) Diseased trees will be marked for felling only after personal inspection of DFO.

93 V) Light thinning can be prescribed in the working circle where crop has become too dense. VI) All trees on the inner slope of bunds & drains should be marked for felling, irrespective of species, as they can damage the lining of bunds & drains. VII All trees posing problem in deploying or operation of machinery by the irrigation department for maintenance or cleaning of bunds & drains should be marked for felling. VIII All trees which are planted against inter departmental rule can be jointly marked by Forest Department and Irrigation Department for felling. 4.10 METHOD OF EXECUTING FELLING: i) Care should be taken to avoid damage to the transmission lines, electric lines while felling. ii) No felling of Eucalyptus to be carried out in hot season from 15th April to 30th June. iii) Eucalyptus should be cut in slanting fashion about 10 cms. above the ground level for better coppicing. iv) All the pits should be filled with earth after felling.

4.11 PLANTING RULES: 1 The relatively better areas will be planted up with kikar and other species. 2. Given the general dry conditions, species which are drought resistant like Kikar, Neem, Acacia tortallis, etc. will also be planted in order to green the mostly barren areas of this working circle. 3. Planting will be done as per inter departmental rules. 4. The DFO will make a detailed scheme of planting and will get it approval from the Conservator of Forest.

94 4.12 FELLING PROGRAMME: The felling programme for the period of the working plan is given in TABLE IV-5.

TABLE IV-5

FELLING PROGRAMME FOR DRAIN,BUNDH & ESCAPS WORKING CIRCLE

PERIOD SR. NAME OF THE STRIPS COMP. NO. SIDE SHIS KIKAR EUCA MISC NO. HAM LYPT US 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2010-11 1 Gidder Pindi Flood Protection 1,2,3P L/S 90 210 40 Bundh 0-57 2 Makhu Drain RD 0-56 1,2,3P L/S 92 211 36 Total 182 421 76 2011-12 1 Gidder Pindi Flood Protection 1,2,3P R/S 95 241 45 Bundh 0-57 2 Makhu Drain RD 0-56 1,2,3P R/S 87 180 31 Total 182 421 76 s

2012-13 1 Harike Flood Protection 1,2,3,4,5,6P L/S e 100 250 50 e r

Bundh 0-111 T

n e l 2 Ferozshah Drain 0-90 1,2,3,4,5P L/S l 82 170 25 a F

Total & 182 420 75

y r D

2013-14 1 Harike Flood Protection 1,2,3,4,5,6P R/S , 110 230 45 d

Bundh 0-111 a e D

2 Ferozshah Drain 0-90 1,2,3,4,5P R/S y 72 191 30 l n

Total O 182 421 75

2014-15 1 Sukar Nala Drain 0-280 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, L/S 90 250 45 9,10 2 Fidda Outfall Drain 0-172 1,2,3,4,5 L/S 92 170 31

Total 182 420 76 2015-16 1 Sukar Nala Drain 0-280 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, R/S 90 210 40 9,10, 2 Fidda Outfall Drain 0-172 1,2,3,4,5 R/S 92 211 36

Total 182 421 76

2016-17 1 Fidda Outfall Drain 0-172 6,7,8,9P L/S 60 160 20

2 Jalalabad Main Drain 0-190 1,2,3,4,5,6 L/S 70 120 21

3 Chan Bhan Drain 30-115 2P,3,4,56P L/S 52 140 35 e n e s r e

Total T 182 420 76

95 2017-18 1 Fidda Outfall Drain 0-172 6,7,8,9P R/S 65 140 24 2 Jalalabad Main Drain 0-190 1,2,3,4,5,6 R/S 75 130 23 3 Chan Bhan Drain 30-115 2P,3,4,56P R/S 42 151 28 Total 182 421 75 2018-19 1 Jalalabad Main Drain 0-190 7,8,9,10P L/S 55 175 24

2 Tarobri Drian 0-99 1,2,3,4,5P L/S 55 90 21 3 Barketwah Drain 0-125 1,2,3,4,5,6,7P L/S 72 156 31 Total 182 421 76 2019-20 1 Tarobri Drian 0-99 1,2,3,4,5P R/S 90 150 25 2 Barketwah Drain 0-125 1,2,3,4,5,6,7P R/S 60 125 20 3 Kahan Singh Wala Drain 1,2P R/S 32 146 30

Total 182 421 75 2020-21 1 Ladhuka Drain 0-25 1,2P L/S 65 145 15 2 Sabuana Drian 0-29 1,2P L/S 75 125 30 3 Jiwa Arian Drain 0-42 1,2,3P L/S 42 151 30 Total 182 421 75 2021-22 1 Ladhuka Drain 0-25 1,2P R/S 75 150 20 2 Sabuana Drian 0-29 1,2P R/S 70 120 25 3 Jiwa Arian Drain 0-42 1,2,3P R/S 37 150 30 Total 182 420 75 2022-23 1 Theh Qulander Drain 0-21 1,2P L/S 95 241 45

2 Serian Drain 0-55 1,2,3P L/S 87 180 31 Total 182 421 76 2023-24 1 Theh Qulander Drain 0-21 1,2P R/S 110 230 45 2 Serian Drain 0-55 1,2,3P R/S 72 191 30 Total 182 421 75 2024-25 1 Landy Spur Bundh 0-75 1,2,3,4P L/S 65 140 24 2 Fazilka Drain 0-24 1,2P L/S 75 130 23 3 Kahan Singh Wala Drain 1,2P L/S 42 151 28 Total 182 421 75

96 CHAPTER - V

RAIL WORKING CIRCLE

5.1 GENERAL CONSTITUTION:

The Rail Working Circle includes all strip areas along Railways under the control of Forest Department in the Division. The total length the strip under railways is 270.10 Kms. with 1138 Ha. area. This area. has been calculated on the basis of the survey carried out in the field.

Special Objects of Management:

The special objects of management of this working circle are: 1 To enhance the ecosystem services and to provide local livelihood opportunities to the local communities and conservation and restoration of biodiversity. 2 To improve the density and quality of forest cover by planting economically important tree species and adopting silvicultural techniques. 3 To provide wood for agricultural implements, house construction and raw material for wood based industries. 4 To improve the aesthetic value of the country side and provide better landscape. 5 Consistent with the above said objects of management to provide for progressively maximum sustained yield.

97 5.2 BLOCKS AND COMPARTMENTS

This has already been described in previous chapters The compartments allotment of rail working circle are given in TABLE V-1 TABLE V-1 Compartment Allotment for Rail working Circle S. NAME OF STRIPS TOTAL LENGTH Compartment Compartment Total NO. FROM TO Kms. Reach No. Area in KM/RD KM/RD (L & R) ha 1 Delhi-FZR-Hussainiwala Rly. 370 393.200 23.20 370-375 75 155.60 Lines 375-380 76 380-385 77 385-390 78 390-393.20 79P 2 Rewari-Ferozepur Railway 397 423 26.00 397-400 80P 153.80 Lines 400-405 81 405-410 82 410-415 83 415-420 84 420-423 85P 3 LDH-Ferozepur Railway Lines 90 123 33.00 90-95 19 184.25 95-100 20 100-105 21 105-110 22 110-115 23 115-120 24 120-123 25P 4 Jalandhar Ferozepur Railway 63.500 116 52.50 63-65 13P 230.06 Lines 65-70 14 70-75 15 75-80 16 80-85 17 85-90 18 90-95 19 95-100 20 100-105 21 105-110 22 110-115 23 115-116 24P 5 Bathinda-Hussainiwala Rly. 56 95.400 39.40 56-60 12P 267.12

98 Lines 60-65 13 65-70 14 70-75 15 75-80 16 80-85 17 85-90 18 90-95 19 6 Ferozepur Fazilka Railway 0 86 86.00 0-5 1 127.17 Lines 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-20 4 20-25 5 25-30 6 30-35 7 35-40 8 40-45 9 45-50 10 50-55 11 55-60 12 60-65 13 65-70 14 70-75 15 75-80 16 80-85 17 85-86 18P 7 FZK-Chananwala Rly 0 10 10.00 0-5 1 20.00 Line(Abondoned) Total 270.10 1138.00

5.3 CHARACTER OF VEGETATION: The general character of vegetation in this working circle is scattered, irregular in respect of age, density and composition ie. Shisham, eucalyptus and Kikar with a few miscellaneous trees. Some of the good planting sites have been given to railway employees under grow more food campaign. These areas continue to be with the employees.

Due to strict rules of railway safety some areas cannot be planted. Areas affected by water logged conditions need to be planted up with ridges and furrows and with salt tolerant species.

99 5.4 ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF THE CROP: The growing stock has been calculated on the basis of the enumeration carried out during 2009-10 upto 30 cms. girth (O.B.). The details of the growing stock are given in TABLE V-2 5.5 METHOD OF TREATMENT: Treatment is to be given to the whole compartments according to the silvicultural requirements and land capability. Shisham will be preferred for future and only dead dry diseased and wind fallen shisham is to be marked for felling. However thinning in the dense Shisham crop may be done for better growth. Only those areas should be felled where there is no problem of regeneration/reforestation. 5.6 SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM: The silvicultural system shall be selection cum improvement system.

TABLE V-2

STATEMENT SHOWING OF TOTAL GROWING STOCK TO RAIL WORKING CIRCLE

Sr. Species V IV III IIA IIB IA IB Total Volume No. 1 Shisham 3 23 16 8 8 3 3 64 56.10 Kikar 5 41 49 39 17 3 0 154 118.65 Euc. 2 38 305 373 188 20 6 932 1036.85 Misc 47 339 173 51 12 5 8 635 270.45 Total 57 441 543 471 225 31 17 1785 1482.05

Note: This growing stock does not present a realistic as this pertains to only Fazilka Range. In all the other Ranges, the Railway authorities have not permitted the Range Staff to either enter upon the Railway areas or to number the trees. 5.7 ROTATION: The rotation of the main species of this circle along with their exploitable girth at the end of the rotation is given as under :-

100 TABLE V-3 S.No. Name of Species Rotation's Years Exploitable girth In m3.

1 Shisham 60 180 2 Kikar 30 105 3 Euc. 25 130 4 Misc. 60 180

5.8 CALCULATION OF YIELD: The yield will be regulated by volume. The annual coupe shall be worked out as per silvicultural requirements and land capability. Y= 2V/r Where: V = standing volume in Cubic Meter. r = Rotation in years.

TABLE V-4 Yield Calculation of Rail Working Circle

Sr No. Shisham Kikar Euc Misc Total V (m3) 56.1 118.65 1036.85 270.45 1482.05 r (years) 60 30 25 60 - Y(Annual Yield cubic Meter) 1.87 7.91 82.95 9.02 101.74 Y(Annual Yield prescribed for 0.94 3.96 41.47 4.51 50.87 felling)

The mid term of yield shall be made and suitably revised depending on the availability of growing stock planting programme and the developmental needs. 5.9 MARKING RULES: The following marking rules are prescribed: i) All the trees in the annual coupe shall be marked for felling except a) All the fruit and ornamental trees including Pipal and Bohar. b) Trees required for defence purposes.

101 ii) All dead, dry & drying trees shall be marked for felling. iii) Inter departmental rules should be strictly observed. iv) Diseased trees will be marked for felling only after personal inspection of DFO. v) The felling should commensurate with planting and enough funds shall be made available for planting 5.10 METHOD OF FELLING: i) No felling of Eucalyptus is to be done during the period from 15th April to 30 June. ii) Care should be taken to avoid damage to transmission and electric lines. No trees to be felled on the Railway track. iii) All the pits should be filled up after felling. iv) Eucalyptus trees shall be cut slanting upto 10 cm. height from the ground level for better coppice and avoid decay in the stumps. 5.11 PLANTING RULES: i) Inter departmental rules should be observed while planting. ii) Shade bearing and ornamental trees should be planted. iii) No planting shall be carried out inside the curves as it obstruct division. iv) No planting is to be done upto 100 meters on either sides ofthe level crossing. v) The area felled in a particular year shall be taken up for planting during the next year and the planting programme shall be prepared by D.F.O.(Territorial) in the same year and got approved by the competent authority.

5.12 FELLING PROGRAMME: At present, the Railway authorities are putting some hurdles in the full managerial control over the strips and are not allowing any forestry operations whatsoever by the Forest Department. An agreement with the railway authorities is required to be done at the Govt. level for which the correspondence is in progress at the PCCF level. As per the directions from the Railway Ministry; after the agreement is signed, a joint enumeration exercise shall be conducted to determine the growing stock and then it shall be handed over to the Forest Department for management.

102 CHAPTER - VI

THE BLOCK FOREST WORKING CIRCLE 6.1 GENERAL CONSTITUTION: This working circle comprises of all the block forests in the Ferozepur & Fazilka Districts. These are mostly wet areas along or near the river beds. All areas under the block forests shall constitute of this working circle. The main area under block forest are Chak Sarkar at Mamdot and Chak Sarkar Mohaji Bage ke at Jalalabad. The total area allotted to his working circle is 1198.50 ha. Special Objects of Management:

The special objects of management of this working circle are: 1. To enhance the ecosystem services and to provide local livlihood opportunities to the local communities and conservation and restoration of biodiversity. 2. To create favourable conditions for protection and development of wildlife. 3. To increase the growing stock for production of timber, fuel wood and fodder to meet the needs of the local population. 4. In consistence with the above objects of management, to provide maximum sustainable yield in perpetuity. 6.2 BLOCK AND COMPARTMENTRS: The Block forests have been divided into compartments. The compartments allotted to different working series are given in Table VI-1

103 Table VI-1

COMPARTMENT ALLOTMENT OF BLOCK FOREST WORKING CIRCLE

[ RANGE S.NO. H.B.NO. LEGAL NAME OF CPT. NO. AREA IN STATUS FOREST HAC. Zira 1 54/55 Gatti Harike - 45.00 2 Alipur 0.8 3 P.F Boole 11.5 4 Ghuduwala 5.5 5 Dine ke 20.56 6 Machhian 5.26 Roshan Shah 7 4.45 Wala 8 Hashmat Wala 2.02 9 Dhudian 7.69 U.C 10 Sooden 6.07 11 Bebal Wala 27.13 12 Shahdin Wala 43.72 13 Mahmood Wala 41.70 14 Hamad Wala 4.86 Ferozepur 15 Chak Sarkar 1 29.20 2 31.60 3 33.80 4 14.54 5 15.42 6 18.63 7 17.92 8 18.75 9 17.10 10 16.60 RF. 11 20.62 12 34.31 13 17.45 14 18.87 15 16.73 - 16 30.84 17 20.53 18 20.69 19 24.22 20 15.51 Total RF 433.33 16 U.C Hussainiwala - 25.10 17 - P.F Bare Ke - 45.00

104 Gatti Chack 18 367 - 48.30 Jadid 19 Dulchi Ke - 18.1 20 Ware Estate - 69.43 U.C 21 Kamaldin Niyaji - 4.04 Chak Sarkar Jalalabad 22 350 P.F 1 35.00 Muhaji Bage ke 2 41.00 3 36.36 4 35.00 Total 146.00 23 Dona Mattar - 168.63 24 U.C Gatti Mattar - 10.12 25 Lakho Wali - 2.83

G.Total 1198.50

6.3 ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF CROP: The crop mainly consists of Shisham. Eucalyptus, Kikar and Mulberry, Khair, Bill, Paper Mulberry, Ber and other species like Neem, Drek have been tried in the recent years. The crop is irregular in respect of age and density. Enumeration has been carried out in the Block forests upto 30 cmt. girth( 0 B ) 6.4 METHOD OF TREATMENT & SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM: Emphasis will be on the complete treatment of a particular compartment. It will be treated intensively as per silvicultural requirements and land capability. There is village called Masta Gatti across the Border of Barbed wire fencing. The extent of encroachment in the Chak Sarkar reserve forest is around 60 acres. Different cases have been registered in different courts against these encroachers. Therefore it is pertinent to have permanent fencing in these block forest to avoid problem of encroachment and protection against biotic and abiotic pressure. It is urgent need of the hour to have complete demarcation of the whole of the block forest. After demarcation all around barbed wire fencing need to be done to avoid problem of encroachment. With respect to irrigation in the Chak Sarkar Block Forest there are several deep water tubewells which need to be rejuvenated. Apart from deep water tubewell there is a minor known as Chhanga minor which feeds to the compartment No. 3,5,6 & 20. Extension of this minor to the other compartments need to

105 be done with proper planning. There are three research Trials which have been laid down in chak sarkar in compartment No. 6,8 & 11 which is mentioned as below :- Table VI-2 List of Reserch Trials at Chak Sarkar Sr Particulars of Research Plots Particulars of Place of Month of Expdt No. of Area Total No. works to be Plots Planting @ per Plants in Ha Expdt. done Ha 1 Germplasm Bank of shisham Jungle Chak Sarkar 2004-05 30000 2.00 60000 Morusalab and Chak Sarkar clearance, 2 Trial plot of Drek at C. No.11 weeding hoeing, Chak Sarkar 2005-06 30000 1680 3.20 96000 Chak Sarkar flow irrigation, 3 Trial plot of clonal Euc at reepening of Chak Sarkar 2005-06 30000 1368 0.90 27000 Chak Sarkar trenches & pits, 4 New Germplasm bank of Ball repair of Chak Sarkar 2007-08 35000 3120 3.20 112000 at Chak Sarkar boundry piller, 5 Advance earth work of barber wire Chak Sarkar 2007-08 35000 2000 2.20 77000 Shisham trial at Chak Sarkar fencing, 6 Trial plot of Clonal Shisham pruning, Data Chak Sarkar 2010-11 200000 4.00 800000 7 Exibition plot of clonal Euc collection, seed Chak Sarkar 2010-11 200000 1.00 200000 collection etc. Fire lines should be maintain in the block forest area. Shisham trees are not to be felled except dead and dry trees. Silvicultural system shall be selection cum improvement. Table VI-3 STATEMENT SHOWING OF TOTAL GROWING STOCK TO BLOCK WORKING CIRCLE Sr. No. Species V IV III IIA IIB IA IB Total Volume Shisham 402 1502 678 98 40 8 1 2729 821.7 Kikar 78 427 257 117 40 11 3 933 468.25 Euc. 375 1266 1521 732 233 45 12 4184 2181.65 Misc 531 2576 932 352 133 36 32 4592 1791.65 Total 1386 5771 3388 1299 446 100 48 12438 5263.25 6.5 ROTATION: The rotation of the various species along with their exploitable girth at the end of the rotation is given as under: Table VI-4 Name of Species Rotation in Years Exploitable Girth in Cm. Shisham 60 180 Kikar 30 105 Eucalyptus 25 130 Misc. 60 180

106 6.6 CALCULlATION OF YIELD: The yield will be controlled by volume. The annual coupe shall be worked out as per silvicultural requirements & land capability. As per Von Mental's formula, the yield of Shisham, Kikar, Eucalyptus and Misc, species which can be prescribed for felling is as under :- Y= 2V/r Where V = Species wise growing stock in the regulated working series. r = Rotation of species in years. Table VI-5 Yield Calculation of Block Working Circle Sr No. Shisham Kikar Euc Misc Total V (m3) 821.7 468.25 2181.65 1791.65 5263.25 r (years) 60 30 25 60 - Y(Annual Yield cubic Meter) 27.39 31.22 174.53 59.72 292.86 Y(Annual Yield prescribed for 13.70 15.60 87.27 29.86 146.43 felling)

6.7 MARKING RULES: 1. Only dead and dried trees should be marked for felling. 2. No fruit trees, trees of medicinal value and indigenous trees like Beri, Lasura, Butea monosperma etc., shall be felled. 3. Trees within 100m of the riverbed shall not be felled. 4. No green trees of any species shall be marked for harvesting purpose. 5. Green trees may be allowed to be marked for felling only if they are required for scientific forest management purpose e.g. Research, or maintaining fire lines, 6. Thinning is to be done wherever required.

Special Improvement 1. Steps to remove adverse possession shall be taken on top priority. 2. Refractory area having saline and alkaline nature shall be reclaimed and reforested. 3. Soil and water conservation works shall be done in areas prone to soil erosion 4. Fire lines shall be maintained. 5. All the unclassed forests should be declared Protected Forests at the earliest.

107 6 Stocking of forest area shall be done using indigenous species. 7 Boundary pillars should be maintained on year to year basis. 6.8 METHOD OF FELLING: i) Big trees should be lopped before felling to avoid damage to young regeneration. ii)All the pits should be filled with earth after felling. .

iii) Eucalyptus should be cut in slanting position about 10 Cms. above the ground level for proper coppice growth. iv) No felling of Eucalyptus should be allowed between 15to.Aprii to 30th June. 6.9 PLANTING RULES: i) Adequate planting stock of different species proposed to be planted, should be raised in the forest nurseries well in time. ii) Assured irrigation facilities are to be made before the planting is taken in hand. iii) Total fencing of the block forest is required before plantation. iv) Earth work should be completed well in advance and also refilling of the pits. v) Planting work should start as soon as there is good shower of the rain. vi) Hundred hectare blank area is present in compartment No. 10,14, & 16 and gap areas in other compartments which need to be afforested with suitable species like shisham, Mulberry, Neem, Sirin, Khair etc vii)To attract wild life including birds sprinkling of fruit trees should be planted. viii) The felling should commensurate with planting and enough funds shall be made available for planting 6.10 FELLING PROGRAMME: A lot of trees in the Block forest dry up due to water scarcity and other reasons, so more fallings are not prescribed on a very conservative side. . Since these areas bear young crop of Shisham, Kikar and Eucalyptus limited felling have been prescribed in this working circle .

108 CHAPTER-VII

THE EUCALPYTUS WORKING CIRCLE

7.1 GENERAL CONSTITUTION: This shall comprise of all the compartments which are having pure or primarily eucalyptus crop. The objective of this working circle shall be to improve the productivity of these forests as well as obtain the sustained yield. This will provide not only the much needed timber to the local people and neighboring states alleviating pressure on the natural forests, it will also help ecologically sequestering more and more carbon in the subsequent rotations. The total length and area covered under this working circle are 410.60 Kms and 1103.47 ha respectively Special Objects of Management: The special objects of management of this working circle are: 1. To enhance the ecosystem services and to provide local livlihood opportunities to the local communities and conservation and restoration of biodiversity. 2. To increase the growing stock for production of timber, fuel wood by replacing and growing new crops with the old crops of Eucalyptus. 3. In consistence with the above objects of management, to provide maximum sustainable yield. 7.2 BLOCK AND COMPARTMENTRS: The compartment allotted to Eucalyptus working circle are given in Table VII-1

Table VII-1 Compartment Allotment for Eucalyptus working Circle S.NO. NAME OF STRIPS TOTAL LENGTH Compartment Compartment Total Reach No. Area FROM TO Kms. (ha) KM/RD KM/RD L&R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Pathankot-Abohar-Sri Ganga 166.36 213.4 47.04 166.36-170 34P 144 Nagar road 170-175 35 175-180 36 180-185 37 185-190 38 190-195 39

109 195-200 40 205-210 41 210-213.40 42P 364 389.6 25.6 364-365 73P 365-370 74 370-375 75 375-380 76 380-385 77 385-389.6 78P 2 Ludhiana-Ferozepur Road 90 133 43 90-95 19 174 95-100 20 100-105 21 105-110 22 110-115 23 115-120 24 120-125 25 125-130 26 130-133 27P 3 Zira-Fazilka road SHW No 20 80 114.6 34.6 80-85 17 61 85-90 18 90-95 19 95-100 20 100-105 21 105-110 22 110-114.6 23P 4 Mohanke Guruharsahai road 0 4.6 4.6 0-4.6 1P 5.52

5 Guruhar Sahai Kanianwali Road 0 9 9 0-5 1 9 5-7 2P

6 Ratoul Vakila wali road 0 2.8 2.8 0-2.8 1P 2.8

7 Mudki-Misariwala Road 0 16 16 0-5 1 28.8 5-10 2 10-15 3 15-16 4P

8 Khosa-Bhageke Road 0 5.5 5.5 0-5 1 5 5-5.5 2P 9 Alamgarh Sub Mr. of Daulatpur Mr. 0 6 1.83 0-6 1P 0.4

10 Dangar Khera Mr. of Panjawa 0 24 7.32 0-20 1 1.4 Distributary. 11 Azamwala Mr. of Panjawa 0 25 7.63 0-20 1 3 Distributary. 20-25 2P 12 Kamal Wala Mr. of 6R Distributary. 0 14 4.27 0-14 1P 1.8 13 Sirhind Feeder of FZR Feeder 0 87 26.54 0-20 1 56 20-40 2

110 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-87 5P 14 Kassu-Begu Distributary. of 0 87.150 26.69 0-20 1 54 Sirhind Feeder 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-80 4 80-87 5P 15 F.S.B. Canal 110 235 38.13 110-120 6P 212 120-140 7 140-160 8 160-180 9 180-200 10 200-220 11 220-235 12P 16 3L Mr. of Zira Distributary 0 15 4.58 0-15 1P 2.25 17 Sodhinaqar Distributary of 0 18 5.49 0-18 1P 0.33 Ferozepur Feeder 18 Bahek Gujjar of Daulatwah 0 14 4.27 0-14 1P 2.25 Distributary 19 Bikaner Canal 0 72 22.15 0-20 1 280 20-40 2 40-60 3 60-72 4P 122 225 31.69 122-140 7P 140-160 8 160-180 9 180-200 10 200-220 11 220-225 12P 294 368 22.76 294-300 15P 300-320 16 320-340 17 340-360 18 360-368 19P 20 Roranwali Distributary. of Main 0 11 3.36 0-11 1P 2.4 Brach Canal. 21 Fidha Mr. of Aggawah Distributary. 0 6.120 1.95 0-6 1P 1.4 22 Kundal Mr. of Amiwala 0 3 0.92 0-3 1P 5.6 Distributary. 23 Ghanga Mr. of Kalewala 0 11.150 3.30 0-11 1P 27 Distributary 24 Mullianwala Mr. of Amiwala 16 40 7.32 16-20 1P 2.92 Distributary 20-40 2 25 Mahatam Nagar Mr. 0-tail 0 7.6 2.3 0-7.6 1P 4.6

Total 410.608 1095.47

111 . 7.3 ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF CROP: The crop mainly consists of Eucalyptus, In this working circle the strips which consist more than 70% eucalyptus crop has been considered. Other species like Kikar, Neem, Drek etc are also present. Most of the crop is mature as evident from the growing stock and crossed their rotation edge.

7.4 SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM: Silvicultural system shall be clear felling with standards followed by artificial regeneration.

TABLE VII-2 STATEMENT SHOWING ABSTRACT OF TOTAL GROWING STOCK ALLOTTED TO EUCALYPTUS WORKING CIRCLE

Sr. Species V IV III IIA IIB IA IB Total Volume No. 1 Shisham 129 944 1045 640 277 119 91 3245 2632.7 2 Kikar 307 1076 555 565 279 107 74 2963 2217.902 3 Euc. 1334 9728 18684 17301 8751 3432 1413 60643 62504.05 4 Misc 829 2800 1414 670 211 96 108 6128 3063.75 Total 2599 14548 21698 19176 9518 3754 1686 72979 70418.4 7.5 ROTATION: The rotation of the various species along with their exploitable girth at the end of the rotation is given as under: Table VII-3 Name of Species Rotation in Years Exploitable Girth in Cm. Shisham 60 180 Kikar 30 105 Eucalyptus 25 130 Misc. 60 180

112 7.6 CALCULATION OF YIELD: The yield will be controlled by volume. The annual coupe shall be worked out as per silvicultural requirements & land capability. As per the Simon's modification of Van Mantel's formula, the yield of Shisham, Kikar, Eucalyptus and Misc, species which can be prescribed for felling is as under :- Y= 2vr/r2 -x2 Where V = Species wise growing stock in the regulated working series. r = Rotation of species in years. Table VII-4 Yield Calculation of Eucalyptus Working Circle Sr No. Shisham Kikar Euc Misc Total V (m3) 2632.7 2217.9 62504.05 3063.75 70418.4 r (year) 60 30 25 60 - x 20 10 10 20 - Y(Annual Yield cubic Meter) 98.73 166.34 5952.77 114.89 6332.73 Y(Annual Yield prescribed for 44.5 84.05 2976.38 57.45 3166.36 felling)

Out of the 29776.38 m3 yield prescribed around 30% of the stocking will be retained as the standards at the boundary of the farmers. Therefore, annual yield of about 2000 m3 will be harvested for Eucalyptus and overall annual yield will be around 70% of 3166 m3 i.e. 2200 m3 from this working circle. 7.7 MARKING RULES: 1. Marking of all the trees should be done by Range Officer, which should be duly verified by Deputy DFO./DFO before the working is carried out. 2. No marking shall be done in plantations having age of the plantation less than 25 years. 3. Standards on the boundary of farmers should not be marked in any case as otherwise strip is likely to be encroached by the farmer. 4. No fruit trees, trees of medicinal value and indigenous trees like Pipal, Bohr, Bahera, Jand, Lasura, etc., shall be felled. 5. No green trees of Shisham shall be marked. 6. All the other trees except as mentioned in Sr. No. 2, 3 and 4 should be marked along with the Eucalyptus for felling.

113 7. Trees important from soil and water conservation point of view shall not be felled. 8. Thinning can be prescribed to improve the productivity of the forests & the trees marked for felling should be done by the officer not below the rank of Deputy DFO. 9. Preserve some old trees of Eucalyptus near the Shahid Bagat Singh Samadhi till Posterity.

7.8 METHOD OF FELLING: i) Felling in this working circle should preferably be done through Punjab State Forest Development Corporation (PSFDC). Where ever it is not desirable to entertain the private contractor in the forest areas for forest protection purposes or concerns related to the regeneration, forest department should carry out departmental felling. ii) Big trees should be lopped before felling to avoid damage to young regeneration. iii) All the pits should be filled with earth after felling. iv) Last row of Eucalyptus at the boundary of farmers field in each compartment should be retained as standards. . 7.9 PLANTING RULES: i) Adequate planting stock of eucalyptus and other species proposed to be planted, should be raised in the forest nurseries well in time. ii) On broad canals along with Eucalyptus high yielding and commercial species shall be planted. iii) On small roads Eucalyptus along with ornamental plants shall be planted for beautifying the country site. iv) Assured irrigation facilities are to be made before the planting is taken in hand. v) The area should be fenced before planting. vi) Earth work should be completed well in advance and also refilling of the pits. vii) Planting work should start as soon as there is good shower of the rain. viii) The area felled in a particular year shall be taken up for planting during the next year and the planting programme shall be prepared by D.F.O.(Territorial) in the same year and got approved by the competent authority.

114 7.10 FELLING PROGRAMME: Prerequisites for felling in the Eucalyptus working circle is as follows :- 1 Felling shall be carried only if the funds for artificial regeneration are made available for the next year and a prior sanction from PCCF(HOFF) regarding this should be obtained. 2 Eucalyptus, indigenous and misc. species shall be planted in these areas. 3 Felling shall not be done in refractory areas or difficult sites where chances of artificial regeneration are -. Compartment wise felling programme is given in Table VII-5

Table VII-5 FELLING PROGRAMME FOR EUCALYPTUS WORKING CIRCLE PERIOD SR. NAME OF THE STRIPS COMP. NO. SIDE SHISHAM EUCAL KIKAR MISC NO. YPTUS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2012-2013 1 Pathankot Abohar Sri 34P, L/S 1300 60 40 Ganganagar road km 166 to 35,36,37,38 , 39, s

213 e

40,41,42P e r

Zira Fazilka Road SHW No. T 2 17,18,19,20 L/S 700 24 17

20 km 80-114 n e l l

Total a 2000 84 57 F

& Pathankot Abohar Sri

2013-14 1 34P, R/S y 1400 55 45 Ganganagar road km 166 to r 35,36,37,38 , 39, D

213 , 40,41,42P d a

2 Zira Fazilka Road SHW 17,18,19,20 R/S e 600 30 12 D No. 20 km 80-114 y l n

Total O 2000 85 57 2014-15 1 Pathankot Abohar Sri 73P, 74, 75, 76, L/S 1350 65 35 Ganganagar road km 77, 78P 364-389 s e e r T

2 Zira Fazilka Road SHW 21,22,23P L/S 650 19 22 n

No. 20 km 80-114 e l l

Total a 2000 84 57 F

2015-16 1 Pathankot Abohar Sri 73P, 74, 75, 76, R/S & 1400 60 40

y

Ganganagar road km 77, 78P r D

364-389 , d

2 Zira Fazilka Road SHW 21,22,23P R/S a 600 24 17 No. 20 km 80-114 e D

y Total l 2000 84 57 n

2016-17 1 Guruhar Sahai 1, 2P L/S O 800 30 20 Kanianwali Road Km 0-9

115 2 Mudki Misariwala Road 1,2,3,4P L/S 1200 54 36 Km 0-16 Total 2000 84 56 2017-18 1 Guruhar Sahai 1, 2P R/S 800 25 25 Kanianwali Road Km 0-9 2 Mudki Misariwala Road 1,2,3,4P R/S 1200 60 32 Km 0-16 Total 2000 85 57 2018-19 1 Sirhind Feeder of 1,2,3,4,5P L/S 800 35 20 Ferozepur Feeder RD 0- 87 2 Kassu Begu Distributary 1,2,3,4,5P L/S 800 35 20 of Sirhind Feeder RD 0- 87 3 Azamwala Mr. of 1,2P L/S 400 15 17 Panjawa Distributary Rd 0-25 Total 2000 85 57 2019-20 1 Sirhind Feeder of Ferozepur 1,2,3,4,5P R/S 850 40 29 Feeder RD 0-87 2 Kassu Begu Distributary 1,2,3,4,5P R/S 850 30 28 of Sirhind Feeder RD 0- 87 3 Azamwala Mr. of 1,2P R/S 300 14 0 Panjawa Distributary Rd 0-25 Total 2000 84 57 2020-21 1 F.S.B Canal RD 110-235 6P,7,8,9,10,11, L/S 1300 65 38 12P 2 Bikaner Canal RD 0-72 1,2,3,4P L/S 700 20 18 Total 2000 85 56 2021-22 1 F.S.B Canal RD 110-235 6P,7,8,9,10,11, R/S 1200 55 37 12P 2 Bikaner Canal RD 0-72 1,2,3,4P R/S 600 19 12 3 Sodhinagar Distributary of 1P R/S 200 10 8 Ferozepur Feeder RD 0-18 Total 2000 84 57 2022-23 1 Bikaner Canal RD 122- 7P, 8,9,10,11, L/S 1250 65 42 225 12P

2 Mullianwala Mr. of 1P,2 L/S 450 19 9 Amiwala Distributary 16-

40 n e l l

3 Sodhinagar Distributary 1P L/S a 300 0 7 F of Ferozepur Feeder RD &

y

0-18 s r e D e Total 2000 84 58 r , d T

2023-24 1 Bikaner Canal RD 122- 7P, 8,9,10,11, R/S a 1500 58 57 225 12P e D

y 2 Mullianwala Mr. of 1P,2 R/S l 500 26 0 n

Amiwala Distributary 16- O 40

116 Total 2000 84 57

2024-25 1 Bikaner Canal RD 294- 15P, 16,17,18, L/S 1400 70 34 368 19P

2 Roranwali Distributary of 1P L/S 300 10 15 Main Branch Canal RD 0-11 3 Kundal Mr. of Amiwala 1P L/S 300 5 8 Distributary 0-3 Total 2000 85 57 2025-26 1 Bikaner Canal RD 294- 15P, 16,17,18, R/S 1300 65 40 368 19P 2 Roranwali Distributary of 1P R/S 350 10 9 Main Branch Canal RD 0-11 3 Kundal Mr. of Amiwala 1P R/S 350 9 8 Distributary 0-3 Total 2000 84 57 2026-27 1 Mahatam Nagar Mr. 0-7 1P L/S 700 30 19 2 Ghanga Mr. of Kalewala 1P L/S 700 30 19 Distributary 0-11 3 Fidha Mr. of Aggawah 1P L/S 600 24 19 Distributary 0-6 Total 2000 84 57

117 CHAPTER -VIII

PLANTATION (OVERLAPPING) WORKING CIRCLE

8.1 General Constitution

This working circle comprises of the whole area under Ferozepur Division and those falling under road, canal, drain & bund, block forest and eucalyptus working circle as these areas are suited for cultivation of different kinds of plants.

8.2 Special Objects of Management:

The special objects of management of this working circle are: 1 To enhance the ecosystem services and to provide local livelihood opportunities to the local communities along with conservation and restoration of biodiversity. 2 To improve the density and quality of forest cover by planting economically important tree species and adopting silvicultural techniques. 3 To provide wood for agricultural implements, house construction and raw material for wood based industries. 4 To retain and plant such trees that may provide food and shelter to the Wildlife. 5 To stabilize and strengthen the bunds, embankments etc. along canals, drains, rivers and other anti flood measures. Consistent with the above said objects of management to provide for progressively maximum sustained yield. 8.3 Methods of Improvement To meet the target of the plantation in this division nurseries are essential for generation of plants. There is a large number of nurseries in this division, centrally located to meet the demand of plants for planting in Govt. areas & private lands. Efforts should be made to raise new species according to the demand of public. Special efforts be made to raise ornamental plants & Shisham plants. Seeds for such plants should be collected from genetically superior, healthy and vigorously growing trees for raising good quality planting stock. For this purpose plus trees of various species should be marked and its record should be maintained. Latest techniques like mist chamber and green houses should be adopted. Covering of young plants especially of Neem should be done in the winter. List of Nurseries are mentioned below:-

118 Table VIII-1 List of Nurseries Sr. Name of Range Name of Nursery Area in ha. No. 1 Ferozepur Talwandi 1.00 2 Ferozepur Chak Sarkar 1.50 3 Ferozepur Saragari 0.50 4 Ferozepur Mallwal 0.10 5 Ferozepur Valoor 0.15 6 Zira Makhu 0.50 7 Zira Zira 0.50 8 Zira Ratool 0.50 9 Zira Jalla Roda 0.25 10 Jalalabad Kahan Singh Wala 0.50 11 Jalalabad Ratta Theh 0.50 12 Jalalabad Amirkhas 0.60 13 Abohar Abohar 0.40 14 Abohar Chanan Khera 0.50 15 Fazilka Fazilka 0.25 16 Fazilka Chananwala 0.35 Total 8.10

8.4 Planting program:

Areas felled in a year shall be taken up for plantation in the following year. As soon as the felling is over, the brushwood will be collected at suitable places far away from the standards and disposed off. The stumps of trees left, if any, shall be uprooted, except that of green eucalyptus. The shrubs and tall grasses shall be cleared. Areas in which sufficient density of coppice is obtainable shall not be taken up for plantation. In these areas, protection measures including fencing shall be taken. Eucalyptus coppice shall be supplemented by planting polythene bag/root trainer raised plants of eucalyptus. The areas however, after taking 1st coppice shall be uprooted of stumps completely, and thorough soil working shall be done.

119 The planting distance shall ordinarily be 3m from plant to plant in a row and each row 3m apart (3mx3m). However this may be modified as per the requirements of the species and the locality factors and also to facilitate harrowing by tractors in between the rows. Khals, passels already laid out shall be, maintained or new ones lay out, wherever necessary. The planting shall start after the first shower of monsoon and completed as early as possible. Late planting or winter planting should be avoided as far as possible. Good healthy plants raised in polythene bags or root trainers should be used for plantation. Arrangements for irrigation must be done beforehand. At least two irrigations during the months of summer dry season and once during the dry winter months are essential. In case of shisham, the best method is to prepare one year old entire plants by raising root-shoot cuttings. Efforts should be made to increase the stocking of shisham by planting, tending, the natural root-suckers. The failures should be beaten up during the same planting season. The planting stock used for beating up should consist of healthy and vigorous plants. Frost tender species like neem, kikar, teak etc. if not planted under shade, shall be covered during the winter months to protect from the damages of frost. In low lying areas, planting can be done after the flood waters have receded or by planting on mounds and ridges constructed for the purpose. The different models for plantation works will be adopted as per site of the plantation areas. The following models of plantation which are being adopted in plain areas will be selected. Table VIII-.2: Planting Program of Road W.C. Area from Total Year Felling (ha) Blank (ha) (ha.) 2010-2011 10 50 60 2011-2012 9 55 64 2012-2013 11 45 56 2013-2014 10 30 40 2014-2015 10 21 31 2015-2016 7 37 44 2016-2017 6 42 48 2017-2018 9 37 45 2018-2019 5 23 28 2019-2020 5 22 27 2020-2021 10 26 36 2021-2022 7 25 32

120 2022-2023 8 32 40 2023-2024 9 37 46 2024-2025 11 35 46 Total 127 517 644

Table VIII-.3: Planting Program of Canal W.C. Area from Total Year Felling (ha) Blank (ha) (ha.) 2010-2011 27 51 78 2011-2012 20 48 68 2012-2013 20 32 52 2013-2014 16 41 57 2014-2015 16 36 52 2015-2016 15 39 54 2016-2017 15 38 53 2017-2018 15 40 55 2018-2019 15 30 45 2019-2020 15 35 50 2020-2021 10 26 36 2021-2022 7 25 32 2022-2023 8 32 40 2023-2024 9 37 46 2024-2025 11 35 46 Total 219 545 764 Table VIII-.4: Planting Program of Drain, Bund W.C. Area from Total Year Felling (ha) Blank (ha) (ha.) 2010-2011 13 55 68 2011-2012 13 46 59 2012-2013 13 41 54 2013-2014 12 40 52 2014-2015 12 38 50 2015-2016 12 32 44 2016-2017 12 31 43 2017-2018 12 28 40 2018-2019 12 26 38 2019-2020 12 29 41 2020-2021 10 26 36 2021-2022 8 25 32 2022-2023 8 32 40 2023-2024 9 37 46 2024-2025 10 35 46 Total 168 512 689

121 Table VIII-.5: Planting Program of Eucalyptus W.C. Area from Total Year Felling (ha) Blank (ha) (ha.) 2010-2011 35 11 46 2011-2012 46 13 59 2012-2013 40 12 52 2013-2014 41 13 54 2014-2015 36 14 50 2015-2016 33 11 44 2016-2017 31 12 43 2017-2018 28 12 40 2018-2019 23 13 36 2019-2020 29 12 41 2020-2021 26 10 36 2021-2022 29 11 40 2022-2023 32 8 40 2023-2024 35 10 45 2024-2025 37 13 50 Total 501 175 676 The Models for plantation which are approved under PUNCAMPA are as under :-

8.5.1 Degraded Model with Staggered Trench & Pit

In Degraded Forests the plantation on the strips & block Forests will be done with this model only. The size of pits & trenches is given in the model in Table No.VIII-6. This model has been calculated at @ Rs. 130/- per day daily wage rate & the costs will be calculated as per prevailing daily wage rates during the period of plantations.

8.5.2 Model for Saline/Alkaline Areas

The saline & alkaline soils with higher PH values will be treated as per the model prepared for these areas. Special treatment will be given to these soils for successful plantation.

The choice of species will be done as per site and saline/alkaline resistant species i.e. Arjun,

Kikar, Mesquite, Zizyphus, Sirs etc will be planted. The model of plantation for these areas is given Table No.VIII-7

122 8.5.3 Water logged area Treatment Model

The low lying areas along canals & roads where water remains standing for long period & the area with poor drainage will be treated under this model. In this model, provision for preparation of ridges & slots on ridges has been kept so that the plants should not be in water logged conditions. The advance earth work for such areas is to be completed before onset of monsoon otherwise earth work in such area will not be possible & plantation will be late due to standing water. The choice of species for such area has to be kept in mind. Only water logging resistant species i.e. Arjun, Willow, Eucalyptus to some extent, Jamun, Terminallia species etc are to be selected for such areas. The model of plantation in water logged areas is given at Table

No.VIII-8.

Table No.VIII-6 Estimate cost per ha of plantation of degraded forest areas in plains (Staggered trench and pit model) Wage rate : Rs. 130/- Plants/ha. 1000 Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost A.Nursery Nursery cost including 10% 1100.00 No. 5.57 6128.57 replacement B.Soil works 1.Site clearance i. Jungle clearance 0.50 Ha 2126.43 1063.21 ii. Kana stubbing 0.25 Ha 10635.86 2658.96 2.Alignement and Dag bailing 1.00 Ha 390.00 390.00 3.Earthwork 1000*0.5*0.5*0.4m 500*2.5*0.30*0.20 175.00 Cmt. 30.73 5377.27 Sub total 15618.02 C.Plantation i.Loading & Unloading of plants 1100.00 No. 0.162 177.73 ii.Carriage of plants 1100.00 No. 0.78 858.00 (avg. distance upto 10km) iii.Planting 1000.00 No. 1.41 1411.43

123 Refilling of pits 1000.00 No. 0.54 538.57 iv.Application of insecticides 1000.00 No. 0.16 161.57 v.Spot irrigation 1000.00 No. 1.17 1170.00 D. Maintenance i. Replacement of 10% failures 100.00 No. 3.79 378.86 ii. Weeding & hoeing (thrice) 3000.00 No. 1.41 4234.29 iii. Application of fertilizer (twice) 2000.00 No. 0.16 323.14 iv. Spot irrigation (8 times) 8000.00 No. 1.17 9360.00 v. Reopening of trenches 75.00 Cmt. 23.62 1771.71 vi. Watch & Ward for every 10 ha 3432.00 of plantation. vii. Covering (25% plants) 250.00 No. 1.17 292.50 viii. Uncovering 250.00 No. 0.13 32.50 E. Material i. Insecticide 5.00 Litre 250.00 1250.00 ii. Fertilizer 100.00 Kg. 5.00 500.00 Total Ist year = 25892.3

FIRST MAINTENANCE OF PLANTATION

Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost A. Nursery Nursery costs for 25% failures. 250.00 No. 5.57 1392.86 B. Planting. i. Kana stubbing (2nd time) 0.25 Ha 3250.00 812.52 ii. Jungle Clearance (2nd time) 0.50 Ha 941.57 470.79 iii. Loading/unloading of plants 250.00 No. 0.16 40.39 iv. Carriage of plants 250.00 No. 0.78 195.00 (avg.distance of 10Km.) 5.i. Planting 250.00 No. 1.41 352.86 ii. Reopening of pits 12.50 Cmt. 23.62 295.29 iii.Carriage from site to site 250.00 No. 0.05 13.46 6. Spot irrigation (Once) 250.00 No. 1.17 292.50 C. Maintenance 1.Application of fertilizer (twice) 2000.00 No. 0.16 323.14

124 2.Spot irrigation (4 times) 4000.00 No. 1.17 4680.00 3.Weeding & hoeing (twice) 1000.00 No. 0.18 806.00 4.Reopening of trenches 75.00 Cmt. 23.62 1771.71 5.Watch & Ward for every 10 3432.00 hectare 6.Weeding of trenches 1250.00 M 0.97 1207.14 7.Pruning/Clearing 500.00 No. 1.19 594.29 D. Cost of material. 1. Fertilizer 100.00 Kg 5.00 500.00 Total IInd year 17179.93

SECOND MAINTENANCE OF PLANTATION

Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost A. Nursery Nursery costs for 15% failures. 150.00 No. 5.57 835.71 B. Planting. i. Loading/unloading of plants 150.00 No. 0.16 24.24 ii. Carriage of plants. (avg. distance 150.00 No. 0.78 117.00 of 10Km.) 3.i. Planting 150.00 No. 1.41 211.71 ii. Reopening of pits 7.50 Cmt. 23.62 177.17 iii. Carriage from site to site 150.00 No. 0.05 8.08 4. Spot irrigation (Once) 150.00 No. 1.17 175.50 C. Maintenance 1. Weeding & Hoeing 150.00 No. 0.81 120.90 2. Spot irrigation (twice) 2000.00 No. 1.17 2340.00 3. Watch and Ward for every 10 3432.00 hectare. Total III Year 7442.31

125 THIRD MAINTENANCE OF PLANTATION

Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost Jungle Clearance 3432.00 1. Watch an ward 150.00 No. Total IV Year = 3432.00

Grand Total 69564.57 Fencing (5% of plantation cost) 3478.23 73042.79 Overhead charges (10%of 7304.28 plantation cost) POL, OE, Misc.) Grand total plantation 80347.07 It is an indicative estimate and can vary depending on the actual plantation site requirements.

126 Table No. VIII-7

ESTIMATE COST PER HA FOR PLANTATION OF SALINE AND ALKALINE AREAS Wage rate : Rs. 130/- Plants/ha. 1000

Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost A. Nursery Nsy. Cost including 10% failures 1100.00 No. 5.57 6128.57 B. Soil Working 1. Site Clearance i. Jungle Clearance 0.25 Ha. 2126.43 531.61 ii.Ploughing (Twice) 2.00 Ha. 2364.14 4728.29 2. Alignement & Dag bailing 1.00 Ha. 650.00 650.00 3. Earth Work Channels 2500mx0.30mx0.30m Pasels 400mx0.5mx0.4m M.Khal 100mx1mx0.5m Slots 1000mx0.5mx0.5mx0.5 455.00 cum. 40.19 18285.80 (1000 augor holes manually or tractor driven wherever required as per site conditions)

Total Cost on advance Work Sub total 30324.26 C. Plantation 1. Loading & unloading (Plants) 1100.00 No. 0.16 177.73 2. Carriage of plants (avg. lead 10 1100.00 No. 0.78 858.00 Km.) 3.i. Planting 1000.00 No. 1.41 1411.43 ii. Carriage of plants from site to 1000.00 No. 0.05 53.86 site iii. Refilling of Pits 1000.00 No. 0.41 408.57 4. Application of gypsum 1000.00 No. 0.16 161.57 5. Application of FYM 1000.00 No. 0.16 161.57 6. Application of insecticides to 1000.00 No. 0.16 161.57 Plants 7. Spot irrigation 1000.00 No. 1.17 1170.00 D. Maintenance 1. Application of fertilizer (Twice) 2000.00 No. 0.16 323.14 2.Replacement of failure including 100.00 No. 3.79 378.36 reopening of slots 10% 3. Weeding & hoeing 3 times 3000.00 No. 1.41 4234.29 4. Flow irrigation 10 times 10.00 Ha 260.00 2600.00 5. Watch & ward one labourer for - - each 10 ha. of plantation 6. Harrowing twice between lines 2.00 Ha. 1300.00 2600.00

127 7. Clearance of trenches, pasels & 6000.00 M 0.78 4680.00 khals (twice) 8. Covering (50% Plants) 500.00 No. 1.17 585.00 9. Uncovering 500.00 No. 0.13 65.00 E. Material 1. Insecticides 5.00 Lts. 250.00 1250.00 2. Fertilizers 100.00 Kg. 4.00 400.00 3. Gypsum including Carriage 50.00 Qtl. 85.00 4250.00 4. FYM 50.00 Qtl. 40.00 2000.00 Total 1st Year = 31362.59

FIRST MAINTENANCE OF PLANTATION

Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost A. Nursery Nursery costs for 20% failures. 200.00 No. 5.57 1114.29 B. Plantation. 1. Loarding/Unloading of plants 200.00 No. 0.16 32.31 2. Carriage of plants 200.00 No. 0.78 156.00 3. Replanting including reopening of 200.00 No. 2.64 527.43 slots and carriage from site to site 4. Spot Watering 200.00 No. 1.17 234.00 C. Maintenance 1. Weeding & hoeing 3 times 3000.00 No. 1.41 4234.34 2. Flow irrigation 4 times 4.00 Ha. 260.00 1040.00 3. Application of fertilizer 3 times 3000.00 Ha. 0.16 484.71 4. Harrowing twice between lines 2.00 Ha. 1300.00 2600.00 5. Clearance of trenches 3000.00 M. 0.78 2340.00 6. Watch & Ward - - 3432.00 Total IInd Year = 16195.03 SECOND MAINTENANCE OF PLANTATION

Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost 1. Flow irrigation 3.00 Ha. 260.00 780.00 2. Weeding (twice) 2000.00 No. 1.41 2800.86 3. Clearance of tranches, pasels & 3000.00 M 0.78 2340.00 Khals 4. Watch & Ward - - 3432.00 Total III Year = 9374.86 4. Spot Watering 200.00 No.

128 THIRD MAINTENANCE OF PLANTATION

Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost 1. Flow irrigation (twice) 2.00 Ha. 260.00 520.00 2. Watch & Ward - - 3432.00 Total IV Year = 3952.00 G.Total 91208.74 Fencing (5% of plantation cost) 4560.44 95769.17 Overhead charges (10% of plantation 9576.92 cost) POL, OE, Misc. It is an indicative estimate and can vary depending on the actual plantation site requirements.

129 Table No. VIII-8

ESTIMATED COST PER HA OF PLANTATION IN WATERLOGGED AREAS IN PLAINS

Wage rate : Rs. 130/- Plants/ha. 1000 Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost A. Nursery Nursery cost including 10% failures 1100.00 No. 5.57 6128.57 B. Soil works 1. Site clearance i. Jungle clearance 0.25 Ha 2126.43 531.61 ii. Stubbing of tall grasses 0.25 Ha 10635.86 2658.96 2. Alignment and Dag bailing 1.00 Ha 390.00 390.00 3. Earthwork 3000 Mt. Long Ridge base 1.00 M. Top 0.6 M. 1200.00 cmt. 23.64 28363.64 Height 0.5 M. Sub total 38072.78 C. Plantation 1. Loading & Unloading of plants 1100.00 No. 0.16 177.73 2. Carriage of plants (avg. distance upto 1100.00 No. 0.78 858.00 10 km) 3.i. Digging of slots 18.00 cmt. 0.00 (Size0.30*0.30*0.20m on ridge) 23.64 425.554 ii. Planting 1000.00 No. 1.41 1411.43 iii. Carriage from site to site 1000.00 No. 0.05 53.86 4. Application of insecticides 1000.00 No. 0.16 161.57 5. Spot irrigation 1000.00 No. 1.17 1170.00 D. Maintenance 1. Replacement of 10% failures 100.00 No. 3.01 300.86 2. Weeding & hoeing (thrice) 3000.00 No. 1.41 4234.29 3. Application of fertilizer (twice) 2000.00 No. 0.16 323.14 4. Spot irrigation (3times) 3000.00 No. 1.17 3510.00 5. Watch & ward for every 10 ha of 3432.00 plantation E. Material 1. Insecticides 5.00 Kg. 250.00 1250.00 2. Fertilizer 100.00 Kg. 4.00 400.00 Sub Total 17708.42

130 FIRST MAINTENANCE

Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost A. Nursery Nursery costs for 20% failures. 200.00 No. 5.57 1114.29 B. Plantation. 1. Kana stubbing (2nd time) 0.25 Ha 3250.00 812.50 2. Jungle Clearance (2nd time) 0.25 Ha 941.57 235.39 3. Loading/unloading of plants 250.00 No. 0.16 40.39 4. Carriage of plants (avg. distance of 250.00 No. 0.78 195.00 10 Km.) 5.i. Planting 250.00 No. 1.41 352.86 ii. Reopening of slots 2.25 cmt. 23.62 53.15 iii. Carriage from site to site 250.00 No. 0.05 13.46 5. Spot irrigation (Once) 250.00 No. 1.17 292.50 C. Maintenance 1. Application of fertilizer (twice) 2000.00 No. 0.16 323.14 2. Spot irrigation (2 times) 2000.00 No. 1.17 2340.00 3. Weeding & hoeing 1000.00 No. 1.41 1411.43 4. Watch & ward 3432.00 5. Pruning/Clearing 500.00 No. 1.19 594.29 D. Cost of material 1. Fertilizer 5.00 Kg. 250.00 1250.00 2. Insecticides 100.00 Kg 4.00 400.00 Sub Total 12860.40 SECOND MAINTENANCE

Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost A. Nursery Nursery costs for 10% failures. 100.00 No. 5.57 557.14 B. Plantation. 1. Loading/unloading of plants 150.00 No. 0.16 24.24 2. Carriage of plants (avg. distance of 150.00 No. 0.78 117.00 10 Km.) 3.i. Planting 150.00 No. 1.41 211.71 ii. Reopening of slots 1.35 cmt. 23.62 31.89 iii. Carriage from site to site 150.00 No. 0.05 8.08 4. Spot irrigation (Once) 150.00 No. 1.17 175.50 C. Maintenance 1. Weeding & hoeing (twice) 300.00 No. 1.41 423.43 2. Spot irrigation to replacements 550.00 No. 1.17 643.50 3. Watch and Ward 3432.00 4. Jungle Clearance 0.25 Ha 941.57 235.39 5. Pruning/Clearing 400.00 No. 1.19 475.43 Sub Total 6335.31

131 THIRD MAINTENANCE

Component Qty. Unit Rate/unit Cost 1. Watch & Ward - - M. Year 3432.00 Sub Total 3432.00

Total I to IV year 78408.91 Fencing (5% of plantation cost) 3920.45 82329.36 Overhead charges (10% of plantation 8232.94 cost) POL, OE, Misc. Grand Total 90562.29

It is an indicative estimate and can vary depending on the actual plantation site requirements.

132 CHAPTER – IX JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT (OVERLAPPING) WORKING CIRCLE

9. Introduction

Out of the total geographical area, Ferozepur has got about 17 percent of area under forest cover. So the dependence of people on the forests for timber requirement is high ie. in terms of fuel-wood, timber and small wood requirement and grazing to a small extent. The protection of the existing forests has become the biggest challenge now a days. So the only possible way by which the existing forests can be protected is participation of people who reside in and around these forests. So it is of utmost important that JFM is a bare necessity in these areas.

This working circle has been constituted for implementation of the policies and guidelines of the Joint Forest Management formulated by Central and State Governments. It has been decided that the welfare of the people should be integrated with the forest management. As these villagers not only depend on the forest produce like timber and fuel wood but awareness about managing forest and benefits of planting a tree is lacking among the dwellers. On the other hand, the protection and conservation of forests cannot be effective without creating awareness and the active cooperation of the people living near forests. It is, therefore, necessary to involve the local community actively with the forest management. So the Government of Punjab passed a resolution on 14th July 1993 for the constitution of JFM committees. This was revised vide resolution dated 18th November 2003 keeping in mind the guidelines of GOI issued in this regard.

9.1 General Constitution

The general principle followed in constitution of this working circle has been explained earlier. A large part of this division has potential for developing into good JFM working areas. However stress may be given to those areas where there are more barren areas in the form of community land, institutional land or wasteland as well as closeness to the forest land. This selection may be judiciously done by Divisional Forest Officer to create sense of responsibility towards the forest and to suit the needs of protection of state’s valuable forests.

133 9.2 Special objects of Management.

1. To give adequate protection to the existing forest resources in the division through effective people's participation. 2. To maintain and improve the quality of the environment, that is, the existing vegetation/tree cover should be maintained for the conservation and improvement of the environment and for the better living conditions for human beings. 3. To reduce the pressure on the forests by diverting the pressure with the alternative sources of energy. 4. To manage the forests in such a way that there is effective sharing of usufructs to the people in a sustainable manner. 5. To create awareness among the people about the importance of the forest resources/ tree cover for a better future to humanity. 6. Overall socioeconomic development of the fringe areas. 9.3 Government Policies on Joint Forest Management. The Government of Punjab passed a resolution on 14th July 1993 for the constitution of JFM committees. This was revised vide resolution dated 18th November 2003, keeping in mind the guideline of GOI issued in this regard. Later all the JFMCs in each forest division were coordinated under the Forest Development Agency (FDA’s) for that particular division. The main objectives of this agency are:-

. Conservation, management and increase in the forest cover in the project area, in a sustainable manner. . Conservation of soil and water in the project area. . Employment generation through creation of productive community assets. . Formation of village level committees which will carry out the activities mentioned above. . Employment generation to most needy section of the society, particularly women, SC/ST and land- labourers and encourage them to be self-sufficient. . To train the rural women in income generating activities and to improve their social, economical and health conditions. . To avail the alternative sources of energy to the rural people, and subsequently decreasing their dependence on forest for fuel.

134 . To inculcate the idea of conservation of natural resources among the members of JFMs and other people. . To ensure the active people participation in the implementation of the different objectives of the project. . To share the usufructs with the local people. To effectively implement this objectives, a percentage of the allocated funds can be used for entry point activities which are taken up in the JFM areas so that active coordination between the Forest Development agency and the villagers improves. Micro plans are also to be drawn up for investment and production activities after taking into consideration the local needs of the people. Self Help Groups can also be constituted. The money saved can be used for developing other income generating activities. Along with these there is increased need to improve the marketing and processing facilities so that the villagers world is open to major marketing places economically. As the self reliance of the Villagers increase, their dependence on the forests and resulting, destruction of these valuable resources gradually decreases.

The FDAs have an executive committee and a general body. The Conservator of Forests heads the executive body of the FDA. There would be representation from all the line departments and JFM committees. The Divisional Forest Officer would be the Chief Executive Officer of the FDA. The executive body has to meet once in every year to elect its office holders from among the JFMC members. The general body also should meet regularly in a year to decide on their activities.

The constitution of the FDA's will bring new zest into the working of the Joint Forest Management Programme in Punjab.

9.4 Present Condition of Forest.

The natural forests have deteriorated alarmingly for the reason that they were not allowed growing naturally up-to maturity for potential yield. The plantations raised artificially could not be protected to their rotation ages except in a few areas. Constraint to protection of forests is mainly due to the close vicinity of the forest with towns.

The forest areas have also depleted considerably and more and more areas are going out of management every year. The result of deterioration and depletion of forests is that an acute

135 crisis of timber, firewood and other forest produces exists in the markets and particularly the timber is out of reach to the common people.

9.5 Duties and Responsibilities in the Changed situation.

1. The existing forests are to be maintained and improved for conservation & amelioration of environment and other living conditions. 2. Protection is the most important challenge that the forests are facing and JFM should ensure social fencing in all the areas where the problem exists. 3. Forest protection forces should be formed to aid the forest patrolling parties to protect the forests. 4. The demand of timber, fuel wood and other forest produces are to be met up from the existing forests by way of sharing of usufruct benefits in lieu of protection. 5. To ensure smooth harvesting of the forest produce by the forest department. 6. To integrate the interest of the forest dwellers with the forest management 7. Immediate fencing of the borders to prevent the illegal transport of timber to Punjab. The above objectives can be achieved and ensured through the successful protection and conservation of the existing forests.

136 9.6 Joint Forest Management in Ferozepur Forest Division

Ferozepur forest Division is basically a plain district and majority of its land is covered under agriculture. Few people reside near government forest areas and those people earn their livelihood by working in the Government forests, selling minor forest produces and collecting fuel wood and grass from the forest areas.

People do not think that the forests are their own property and are to be protected for their own interest Lack of awareness about the forests and absence of all rights over the adjacent forests. The forest staff with their limited protection force cannot protect such valuable wealth open all over. As a result, the illegal extractions from the forests are going on. The forests near the villages and habitations can be protected safely if the villagers come forward for their protection. They will like to come forward if they are made to feel that the forest wealth is their own wealth and they can earn livelihood out of it. They will share revenue with the Government, which will form their regular source of income. They will like to continue with their regular income and such a feeling in their mind will lead them for protection of their own wealth of forests. Once they start giving protection, no illicit fellers from outside can get into the forests for illegal extraction and the forests are safe. So it is the active cooperation of the forest dwellers, which is necessary for protection of the crops for their growing to the age maturity.

Joint Forest Management is necessary for another main reason also. The forest areas are dwindling but the demand of the timbers; fuel wood and other forest produces are increasing. At the same time we aim that the forest areas are to be increased. But, it is also necessary to see that the yield from the existing forests increases to the maximum extent. We can meet up the demand of the other timbers, fuel wood and other forest produces from small forest areas provided we could protect. So, with a much smaller areas than the existing forest area in the State and with an efficient & successful protection, we can meet up the demands of all kinds of forest produces of the people and the Joint Forest Management Policy can provide the kind of protection such a small area of plantation need. The forests are not maintain for producing required forest produces for the people, but for maintenance of the environmental conditions for survival of man. In Ferozepur, the Reserved Forest/Protected forests have been constituted legally and there were no procedural mistakes. But the forest dwellers who were

137 illiterate were unable to understand the Government actions towards declaration of Reserved Forests and its consequences on their life supporting system. The forest villagers could extract any forest produce from their adjacent forests for earning their livelihood but such facilities were withdrawn with the declarations of Reserved Forests. The right they had was lost. As a result the suffering of the common forest dwellers have increased. The introduction of Joint Forest Management Policies is an attempt to begin natural life supporting system for the forest dwellers.

Here all the JFMCs are working under FDA. In all these JFCMs a variety of entry point activities will be undertaken under FDA which includes activities like poultry, Piggery, mushroom cultivation, providing fish fingerlings, providing sewing machines to villagers, creation of bound parties including rural youth, distribution of malai threads, wool decoration materials, self starter generators, bicycles, cows, rubber sheet machines, etc. Several assets that were created as entry point activities were handed over to the self help groups for upkeep maintenance and future benefit sharing. Self-help groups are going to be created which will become instrumental in creation of many assets out of their saving and protection of forests has also improved tremendously due to their involvement.

Still the challenges are many and much more needs to be done for the better future of forests of Ferozepur. Some forest villages or habitations near good plantation areas or forest areas are to be selected for implementations of the Joint Forest Management Scheme. The share of revenue to the forests dwellers may be fixed as per the latest provisions of the government. Share of revenue will be precondition of protection to the forests.

Celebrative governmental development programmes can be taken up with the department of rural development of the state for the overall development of these forest villages. The territorial Divisional Forest Officer should take the initiative in this respect. Ferozepur forest division has already taken some steps in this respect.

The concerned Range officer and Beat Officers may be sent to visit project areas where there is successful implementation of the JFM programmes.

9.7 Sharing of Usufructs with the JFM Beneficiaries

1. To promote the success of Joint Forest Management bring faith in the JFM.

138 2. The beneficiaries can be allowed to collect the minor forest produce, dead and fallen leaves and fodder free of cost without causing damage to the forests. 3. Areas under Eucalyptus coppice with standards need adequate protection to the Eucalyptus coppice growth before thinning yields are taken in the 2nd, 4th and 6th year. So all the areas under this working circle can be brought under JFM Programme, protection given and benefits shared accordingly. 4. The harvest from the silvicultural thinning and the main felling should be shared with the beneficiaries to meet their domestic needs. For this approvals may be got from the concerned Divisional Forests Officer with the consent of the executive committee and the Range Officer.

139 CHAPTER – X

NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCE [OVERLAPPING] WORKING CIRCLE

10.1 Introduction

The non timber forests products are products of biological origin other than wood derived from forests, other wooded land and trees outside forests. They may be gathered from the wild or produced in forest plantations, agroforestry plantations and from trees outside forests. NTFPs include forest plants of medicinal value or valuable for livelihood purposes, mushroom products, honey etc. Interest in NTFPs is increasing rapidly. At present numerous efforts have been made to increase awareness of these products, their management and market potential. However, there is shortage of available information and there are few means effective in disseminating the information necessary for the sustainable management and marketing of these resources and products. In the past, management of NTFP resources has not been dealt with in a concerted manner and this aspect of forestry has remained largely neglected. Records of forest division show a data of revenue receipts of small amounts by way of auctions of grasses like Sacchrum spontaneuam (Kahi) & Erianthus Munja (Kana), & fruits like Jamun in past, that too is slowly decreasing. These products even in small viable quantities are not available now. It appears that medicinal plants cultivation, mushroom production and production of honey are the NTFPs for future in this area and the department needs to focus its attention in these specific areas.

10.2 Herbal Gardens/ Parks

The main objective for developing these Herbal Parks is ex-situ conservation of medicinal plants of Punjab for research and study and future harvest in a sustainable manner. This would help in establishing centres of sustainable medicinal plant resource base and producing quality seeds and seedlings for distribution to farmers. These centers in the long run should also emerge as potential tourist attraction points in Punjab. These herbal parks are

140 primarily of demonstrative importance for interested farmers and would also act as nurseries where good quality medicinal herbs, shrubs and tree species of medicinal importance can be raised and sold at nominal price to the farmers. A Medicinal plant nursery was established at Fazilka in 2007-08 under the aid of Medicinal Plant Board. Suitable plants of Mmedicinal value which have the potential to grow in the tract are mentioned below: Table X-1 Sr. No. Botanical Name Local Name 1 Acacia senegal Khairi 2 Albizia lebbeck Kala Siris 3 Albizia procera Safed Siris 4 Alstonia scholaris Saptparn 5 Azadirachta indica Neem 6 Bauhinia racemosa Jhinjha 7 Bauhinia variegata Kachnar 8 Bombax ceiba Semal 9 Butea monosperma Dhak 10 Cassia fistula Amaltas 11 Cordia dichotoma Lasura 12 Cordia gharaf Gondi 13 Ficus bengalensis Barh/Bargad 14 Ficus glomerata Gullar 15 Ficus religiosa Peepal 16 Kigelia pinnata Balam Kheera 17 Lagerstroemia speciosa Flosrejni 18 Mangifera Indica Aam 19 Melia azadirachta Bakain 20 Mitragyna parvifolia Desi Kadam 21 Moringa oleifera Sohanjana 22 Parkinsonia aculeata Parkinsonia 23 Phoenix sylvestris Khajur 24 Pongamia pinnata Badam Papri

141 25 Prosopis cineraria Jand/Khezri 26 Salvadora oleoides Jaal/Pilu 27 Salvadora persica Khari Jaal 28 Syzygium cumini Jamun 29 Tamarindus indica Imli 30 Tamarix aphylla Frash 31 Terminalia arjuna Arjun 32 Terminalia belerica Bahera 33 Zizyphus mauritiana Beri 34 Achyranthes aspera Puthkanda 35 Adhatoda vasica Bansa 36 Amaranthus gracilis Cholai 37 Argemone mexicana Kendheli or Kanteli 38 Balanites aegyptica Hingo or Hingot 39 Calotropis procera Aak 40 Cannabis sativa Bhang 41 Capparis decidua Kair or karir 42 Capparis horrida Hins 43 Carissa spinarum Karaunda 44 Cassia tora Panwar 45 Chenopodium albus Bathua 46 Datura alba Dhatura 47 Euphorbia hirta Dudhi 48 Euphorbia royalaena Thor 49 Indigofera oblongifolia Jhojhru 50 Nerium odorum Kaner 51 Opuntia dillenti Nagphani 52 Ocimum americana Jungli tulsi 53 Rumex dentatus Jungli palak 54 Ricinus communis Arand 55 Solanum nigrum Mako

142 56 Tamarix dioica Jhao 57 Trapa bispinosa Singhara 58 Tephrosia purpurea Jhojhru 59 Withania somnifera Ashwgandha 60 Xanthium strumarium Chirchita 61 Zizyphus numularia Jhar/Pall/Jhar beri 62 Cucumis pubescens Kachri 63 Cyperus rotundus Motha 64 Mimordica charantia Ban Karela 65 Mimosa hamata Chhui-mui 66 Solanum xanthocarpum Kateli 67 Trianthema portulacastrum Santa/Santi 68 Tribulus terrestris Gokhru 69 Tridax procumbens Sadahari 70 Vallaries solanacea Dudhi bei 71 Andropogon lanager Khawi 72 Cenchrus ciliaris Bhurat 73 Cenchrus ciliaris Anjan 74 Digitaria ciliaris Jharania 75 Erianthus munja Jhund/ Munj 76 Saccharum spontaneum Kans 77 Vetiveria zizanioides Panni/ Khas Herbal Gyan Kendras could be proposed to be set up in each Herbal Garden to educate people about the traditional Indian system of medicines. As more and more farmers are adopting the cultivation of medicinal plants, this could lead to diversification in the cropping pattern in the farming sector.

10.3 Other activities Some other activities that can be promoted in the division are;

143 10.3.1 Apiculture/ Bee Keeping Honey bees are one of the important social insects as well as a rich source of honey. Honey has been traditionally used in various diet preparations, medicines, cosmetics, ointments, candles and house hold bee wax items besides Ayurvedic drug preparations. The wax from the hive is used in lip balms, whereas royal jelly is used to strengthen the human body, for improving appetite preventing aging of skin, leukaemia and for the treatment of cancers, cosmetics etc. According to an estimate, about 80 per cent of honey is used directly by consumers and about 10 per cent is used in Ayurvedic and pharmaceutical production. Honey bees during foraging for pollen and nectar from flowers of different plant species; enhance agricultural productivity to the tune of 30-80 per cent annually through cross pollination. Five species of honey bees are found all over the world, namely Apis florea,, A. cerana, A. dorsata, A. mellifera and Trigona iridipennis. However , A. Cerana and A. mellifera are reared in hives in India. Currently, China captures 40 per cent of the world market and the biggest importers of honey are Germany, Japan and the United states. Germany alone imports about 90 thousand tonnes of honey annually. India produces about 70000 tonnes of honey every year of which 25-27000 tonnes is being exported to more than 42 countries, including the European Union, Middle East and the United states. The major honey-producing states are Haryana. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. Forest honey can fetch premium prices being totally chemical and pesticide free. However, the Department has to facilitate the evolution of a viable certification process as well as marketing linkages. The tree cover on strips affords commercial opportunity for honey production. Bee keeping has already made progress in Punjab and the interested people are always in search of space to install honey combs. The strip forests are occasionally found to be used as honey production areas clandestinely because the department does not allow private people to use forest areas. It is time to re-look at this position and the department needs to evolve a positive and progressive policy to encourage apiculture in partnership with interested people. 10.3.2 Income generation activities from forest products Income generation activities can be created for self Help Groups (SHGs) from minor forest produce like like kahi, Kana. Sericulture is other option which can be adopted for income generation because silk worms eat on Sahtut (Morus alba) leaves. The twigs of Morus alba can also be used for making baskets (tokris). Shatoot plantation can be promoted under agro-forestry

144 also. Pickle making from the fruits obtained form forest threes like kari (Caparis decidua), Lasora (Cordia Myxa) can be other option for SHGs. Designer pidhas (kind of sitting charis in villages) made from cotton ropes can be other optiono for SHGs. PFDC may facilitate these SHGs in marketing of their produce.

145 CHAPTER-XI

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT [OVER LAPPING] WORKING CIRCLE

11.1 General Constitution. The management and protection of forests are integrated with the management and protection of wildlife. So this working circle has been formed for protection and conservation of the wildlife found in the forests as well as non-forest areas of the division. This covers the whole areas of this forest division. 11.2 Objective of Working Circle:- This will be an overlapping working circle constituted mainly to ensure that silvicultural prescriptions of the working plan are in harmony with requirement of wildlife and its habitat. The specific objectives of this working circle are-

1. To improve and protect wildlife habitat. 2. To provide food and shelter to wildlife. 3. To mitigate man-animal conflict specially along fringe areas 4. To aware common public about the ecological significance of wildlife for health of the forests. 11.3 The Animals and Birds Found in the Division. Ferozepur Forest Division has more than 90%area under cultivation, and the area under forest is quite meagre. The tract is densely populated and a lot of biotic interference is there. Strip forests along main canals & drains provide shelter to the wild animals and birds. Though there is not big game found in the tract yet there is a large variety of small animals and birds found all over the district. Whatever little wild life exists, it survives only in the block forests. The details of animals is given below. The common wild animals are Black bucks, Boselaphus tragocamelus (Nilgai), Sus scrofa (wild boar), Axis porcinus (Hog deer), Canis aureus (Jackal), Herpestes edwerimi (Common Mangoose), Lepus Nigricollis (Common hare), Felis chaus(Jungle cat), Maniscrassi eaudets (Pangolin), etc. Black bucks and Nilgai are found in the cultivated areas in

146 Abohar & Fazilka because of protection given by Beshnoi community which is a predominant community in Abohar Area. There are reptiles like Monitor lizard, Garden lizard, Cobras (Naja naja) and other reptiles exists in the area. A large number of bird species are also found all over the division. The birds found in the division are Peacock, Bulbul, bay weaver bird, wood pecker, common bee eater, cattle egret, pond heron (paddy bird), kingfisher, common teal, hill myna, oriole, blue jay, hoopoe, Indian cuckoo, common koel, grey hornbill, tree pie, common Indian kite, Bengal vulture (Gyps bengalensis), doves, pigeons, rose ringed parakeet, crow pheasant, Indian myna. pied myna, hill myna, thrushes and shrikes, magpie-robin etc. A list of animals and birds, which are found in Ferozepur, is appended with this plan.

11.4 Protected Areas In The Ferozepur Forest Division

11.4.1 ABOHAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY The Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary has been declared a Wildlife Sanctuary under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 vide Govt of Punjab notification No. 40/4/98-Ft-IV/15505 dated 7-9-200 and is a unique sanctuary in more than one ways. This is the only sanctuary in Punjab, which has bee declared so, by following the provisions under section 24 C of the Wildlife (Protection) Act,1972.Th implication of its declaration. through the said section is that the people living within the sanctuary are mostly the Bishnoi community will continue to have all their customary rights except for hunting. This sanctuary is just 8 Kms. from Abohar, a major town of Ferozepur District and covers mostly the private fields of about 13 villages of the area. Besides Black buck, other species found in the sanctuary are Blue bull, Black and Grey Partridges, Hare, Jungle Cat, Jackal, Rose ringed Parakeets, Dove, Peafowl, Blue rock pigeon and Bengal vulture. . 11.4.2 HARIKE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: This world-renowned Ramsar site of years has been declared as a Wildlife Sanctuary by the Punjab Govt. Notification No. 3417/99-Ft-IV/16393 dated 18th November, 1999.

147 This sanctuary at a distance of just 45 Kms. from Ferozepur, 18 Kms. from Moga and 55 Km from Amritsar, falls on the Pathankot-Abohar National Highway, and is virtually a 'Bird Watcher paradise. Besides hundreds of migratory and resident bird species including Brahmni duck, Wigeon, Mallard, Coot, Garganey, Shoveller, Tufted Pochard, Pintail etc., it also harbours species Wild boar, Hog Deer, Smooth Indian Otter, Jackal, Black & Grey Partridges & so on. Except for Gatti Harike jungle on the downward side of the National Highway & some strip forests, there is hardly any wood area within the sanctuary. Realizing this a project for greening the sanctuary area has been taken up the Forest Department in collaboration with Department of Science & Technology Punjab in which species like Mango, Jamun, Kikar, Arjun etc. are being planted every year from 1997 onwards. This besides giving aesthetic value to the sanctuary will also provide food, shelter & nesting havens for the birds. 11.4.3 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT During the recent past there have been some problems regarding working of those forests of the Division which after the notification of the sanctuaries happen to fall within the limits of sanctuaries. In the absence of any specific provisions for these areas, some operational problems arose between the wildlife and forest field staff. ' Therefore, it is being provided that wherever any area within the sanctuary is to be worked it should be done as per the Wildlife Management Plan and no removal whatsoever shall be done without the approval of Chief wildlife warden

11.5 Area of biodiversity value lying outside PA network There are several important habitat, areas and ecosystem of conservation importance throughout the state of Punjab, which lie outside PA network. These areas should be subjected to special measures to ensure that their biodiversity value is retained and enhanced for posterity. Subabul and Neem regeneration is seen growing naturally in patches, and some areas covered with naturally growing Mullberry with the remaining area is under plantations of Shisham, Neem, Burma Drek Mulberry and Eucalyptus. The area has abundant grass growth including Kahi (Sacchram spontaneous). The area is spursely dotted with Kikar (Acacia nilotica).The area is home to several reptiles species including python, rat snake and cobras.

148 Wild animals like Hog deer, Jackel, Monkey, Bat, Jungle Cat, Nilgai and wild boar can be seen in this block forest. 11.6 Legal Position. The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 amended in 2002, is in force for protection and conservation of Wildlife in Punjab. Under the above act, the forest officers have been duly empowered for implementation of the policies of protection & conservation of Wildlife as the Wildlife Wardens. The junior officers are vested with the powers of detection of illegal wildlife crime. They are required to report to the Chief Wildlife Warden for taking necessary actions and drawing of Wildlife Offence Reports.

11.7 Rights and Concessions in respect of Wildlife.

No right and concession in respect of wildlife have been recognized.

11.8 Hunting and Shooting.

Hunting, shooting and capturing of wild animals and birds are not allowed. However, Chief wildlife warden of the state is empowered under the Act to permits shooting of any animal which become dangerous for the human life property or when they became menace to human habitation to avoid man animal conflict. Government of Punjab has also empowered the SDM’s of civil jurisdiction to issue permits to kill animals like nilgai and wild bore with certain restrictions.

11.9 General Census. Census of wild animals and birds has never been done in Ferozepur Forest Division.

11.10 Maintenance of Habitat of Wildlife.

The maintenance of the habitats of wildlife has been ensured through the provisions in the silvicultural system of all the Working Circles being implemented in the division.

11.11 Improvement of Habitat. 1. Plantations for shelters:- The plantations may be raised at some important places for shelter of the animals if such tree cover do not exist. Beside, scattered vegetation covers may be crated by raising plantations throughout the forest areas for facility of the extension of the habitat of the wildlife.

149 2. Raising of grass plantations for Herbivores: - Palatable grass plantations for herbivores may be raised in a scattered manner for keeping such animals inside forest and saving the agricultural crops of the adjoining farmers crop field. 3. Raising of Fruit Trees for Birds: - Some trees like Jamun(Sygygium cumini), Berry (Zizyphus mauritiana), Ficus species, whose fruits are eaten by the birds are to be raised in scattered manner throughout the forests if such trees are found deficit. Naturally growing Ber(Zizyphus Sp) trees must be given special attention and should be protected. 4. Water Holes: - Water is a problem in summer i.e, March onwards so it is necessary to dig up some ponds or tanks at some important points for the facility of making the drinking water available to the animals in summer months. 5. Salt Licks: - The herbivores suffer from salt deficiency. So it will be better to have some salt Licks at some convenient places for herbivores. The regulated intake of salt will improve the health of the herbivore and other animals. 11.12 Injuries to which Wildlife is liable. (i) Fire Fire destroys the vegetation and the roosting sites of the wild animals. In the months of March & April fire may sweep through the forests, as the forest floor is very dry. Besides, grass collectors set fire after collection of grass to get vigorous shoots next year & the fire spread from there. Besides that there is a tendency of landlords adjacent to the forest who use to burn the agricultural wastes in the field itself which pose danger to the forest and wildlife. (ii) Grazing Grazing is rampant all over the district and reduces the forage available for wild life besides physically trampling their niches. (iii) Poaching Poaching is not common in Ferozepur District. The wild life as well as the forest departments do book the poachers as and when some incident is brought into notice. But they have severe limitations of staff to check poaching in each village.

150 Legal actions are to be taken for lighting fire in the forests, which will help in protection of wildlife.

151 CHAPTER XII

FOREST PROTECTION (OVERLAPPING) WORKING CRICLE

12.1 General Constitution The general principle followed in constitution of this working circle has been explained in earlier chapters. This working circle has been formed for protection of forests wealth by way of regular patrolling in the forest as well as non-forest areas of the division. Forest resources particularly timbers and fuel wood is very valuable. Forests meet up the basic needs of the people. Forest produces are largely used as industrial raw materials. Forests i.e. green vegetative covers maintain environmental living conditions for human being and all other animals. So its protection is necessary and is to be ensured. The pressure on the forests is also very high as there is increase in population and because of the easy money it brings through illegal activity. The working circle extends over the whole of the Ferozepur Forest Division as the whole of the forests is under severe biotic especially human pressure. The protection can also be from other stresses like fire, soil erosion, weeds and firewood collectors.

12.2 Special Objects of Management 1. To provide protection of the valuable forests of Ferozepur Division. 2. To prevent free flow of illegal timber. 3. To protect the forests against fire. 4. To adopt good soil conservation measures. 5. Increase social fencing measures through effective JFM programmes.

12.3 Legal Provisions. Forest is a renewable resource and its management cannot be successful without its protection. So there are legal provisions for protection of forests in Indian Forests Act 1927 and its Punjab amendments and Punjab Forest Rules. All the forest personnel engaged in the management of forests have been duly empowered for protection of forests. The Divisional Forest Officer is in overall charge for

152 protection of forests in the division and the Range Officers, Block Officers and Forest guards in their respective protection Units to assist him.

12.4 Formulation of the Protection Enforcement System. The DFO is in overall charge of the protection of forests in the division. The Range Officer is entrusted with the responsibilities of enforcing protection measures in the Range area by way of patrolling and detecting forest offences. He is required to draw offence reports and send them to the DFO to get it sanctioned either for compounding of offence or for prosecution which has to be decided by the DFO. The Block Officer is entrusted with the responsibility of enforcing protection measures in the Block area by way of patrolling and detecting the forest offences. Block forest officer is also empowered for accepting the compounding fee from the offenders as well as sending the cases for prosecution. Foresters are directly assisted by the Forest Guards posted under him. The Forest Guards posted in the beats are entrusted with the power of detecting forest offences and they are required to report to the Block Officers under whom their services have been placed. The new concept of JFM also has provisions for formation of Self Help Groups, which can be given the responsibility of protection in lieu of the usufructs that they receive from those areas.

12.5 Execution of Search Warrants. The forest officers up to the rank of Range officer are empowered with the power of executing Search Warrants in any premises for finding out the hidden illegally collected forest produces. 12.6 Powers of Arresting the Offenders. The forest officers up to the rank of foresters may arrest the forest offenders in case of necessity. The offender/ offenders is/are to the released or handed over to the nearest police station within 24 hours from the time of arrest for other legal actions which are required to be taken as per rule.

12.7 Collection of Information In-charge, Range Officer and Block Officers should maintain a system of collection of information on illicit felling in the forests, extraction of illegal produces from the forests, illegal

153 transport to the markets and other places, utilization of huge timbers in Government construction. Direct patrolling may not be effective in all such cases.

12.8 Special patrolling during night. Though there is no unit of Special Task Force in the division but the forest guards do special checking operation during night-time. Ferozepur division has considerable potential forests but the dishonest traders and miscreants are conducting the illegal extraction from such areas at night specially near Pakistan border around Hussianiwala and along the strips falling around Ferozepur Forest Division . So special patrolling at night are required to be taken on these strategic strip forest.

12.9 Special Measures Against Smuggling of Forest Produces across Border.

Smugglers, miscreants and dishonest traders organize illicit felling in the forests and carry valuable timbers. The timbers for the market are also smuggled out for more profit. These sorts of prolonged unlawful activities create a condition of deficiency in supply and availability of timbers and other forest produces in the market, which hikes the price in market. As a result the common people cannot purchase the timbers for their essential needs. Such a situation in the state cannot be allowed to continue in the interest of the people. Organized illicit felling in the forests is to be resisted by special patrolling measures. The Police Station Posts are to be reminded from time to time for effective control of smuggling out of timbers and other forest produces from the state. Any forest produce that is detected by any military, police or other paramilitary forces have to be handed over to the nearest forest official.

12.10 Posting of Young Healthy Personnel in Patrolling Parties

Young, energetic and physically fit forest personnel should be posted in the patrolling parties for performance of tough duties. Aged, unhealthy and ill personnel should not be given the protection duty. More over there should be more recruitments and patrolling staff should have regular transfers also.

154 12.11 Other Protection measures. Other Protection measures like protection from fire has to be taken care of by making adequate number of fire lines and their good maintenance from time to time. Soil conservation measures have also to be adopted. Silvicultural systems like selection system can aid to improve soil conservation measures as it least disturbs the forest soils.

155 Chapter XIII

Financial Forecast 13.1 General Sale of trees is the main source of revenue to the Department. The yield of various species has been prescribed keeping in view the G.O.I guidelines. Some revenue will also available from sale of minor forest produce i.e grass, fruits and other produce. The trees after marking are handed over to the Punjab state Forest development Corporation for fallings and conversion the royalty is fixed by the state Govt. of the revenue figures have been calculated on the royalty. Expenditure is mainly confined to the raising of plantations establishments charges etc. Areas available for planting during the plan period are estimated Keeping in view the marking rules under different working circle. Therefore the revenue & expenditure figures for the plan period are estimates only. 13.2 Revenue and Expenditure

The following is the financial forecast in respect of revenue and expenditure during plan period. The calculation are based on current rates. I. Revenue. Table XIII-1 Sr. Item Amount No. (in Rs.) 1. Sale of 25650.0 cmt. of Kikar trees obtained from main felling @ Rs.540 Rs. 13851000.00 per cmt. 2. Sale of 79340.0 cmt. of Eucalyptus standing trees from main felling @ Rs. 75373000.00 Rs. 950 per cmt. 3. Sale of 34470.0 cmt. of Misc. trees from main felling @ Rs.460 per cmt. Rs. 15856200.00 4. Sale of 10490.0 cmt. of Shisham from dead, dry & fallen trees @ Rs.11643900.00 Rs.1110 per cmt. 5. Sale of Minor forest produce such as grasses. Rs. 360000 TOTAL REVENUE Rs. 117084100 II. Expenditure. i) Cost of afforestation of 4555 ha. of plantation @ Rs.38500/ha per ha. Rs. 175367500.00 ii) Cost of maintenance of 4555 ha. for 3 years @ Rs. 27500/ha per ha. Rs. 125262500.00 Total : Rs.142799000.00

156 Chapter XIV

Miscellaneous Regulations

14.1 Fire protection. There is a thick growth of Kana, Kahi and bushes in the strip forests of this division, which poses a great danger of fire in the dry month of summer. Though the area under block forest is meagre yet the paths and fire lines of these forests should be kept clean. The staff shall remain vigilant during the summer months. There is a great danger of fire to the forests along road,rail,canals,when the farmers burn their crop residue after harvesting the crop in the adjoing fields. So the concerned staff should remain present when the farmers burn crop residue. Fire fighting equipments can be kept at Division Head quarter. 14.2 Petty Sale As the sale of trees by auction to the contractors has completely been stopped, so the dead dry & wind fallen trees should either be departmentally cut or be handed over to the Forest corporation as earty as possible to avoid any theft and pilferage. The marking of dead,dry deseased trees should be done three times in a year under the supervision of the concerned Dy.D.F.O s A complete record of these trees should be maintained in the division. The auction of fruits and grasses can also be done from time to time. 14.3 Clearance of tall grasses Divisional Forest Officer Should prepare a phased programme to eliminate Kana,Kahi and other tall grasses. This will not only promote the growth of plants but also minimize the fire hazard. 14.4 Checking of Boundaries The boundary pillars on road, canals drains are mostly missing. The boundaries are not well defined. These need to be checked. In block forests separate boundary registers need to be maintained, giving the complete details of the boundary pillars i.e. distance between two pillars and reading by compass(Back bearing & fore bearing etc.) D.F.O's should pay special attention during their routine inspection that the checking of boundaries of forest is done at least once in three years, Range officer should maintain a boundary checking register and put the same to the D.F.O at the time of annual inspection. Demarcation unclassed areas be done at the earliest.

157 14.5 Beat Books The D.F.O should get prepared the beat books which should have the following. 1. Beat map. 2. Detail of forest in beat including land plans. 3. List of nurseries in the beat. 4. List of buildings in the beat. 5. Detail of plantations and cultural operations carried out during the last 10 years. 14.6 Wild Life There is variety of wild life including many species of birds in the tract. Water holes an salt licks be provided at suitable places for the wild animals. As already stated supra fruit trees and Ficus species like Bohar, Pipal, Pilkan, Beri must be retained and planted up along with other economic tree species to provide shelter and food for wild life and avi-fauna. A close laision must be maintained with the staff of wild life being to protect the wild life from illicit damage by poachers.

14.7 Nurseries There is a large number of nurseries in this division, centrally located to meet the demand of plants for planting in Govt. areas & private lands. Efforts should be made to raise new species according to the demand of public. Special efforts be made to raise ornamental plants & Shisham plants. Seeds for such plants should be collected from genetically superior, healthy and vigorously growing trees for raising good quality planting stock. For this purpose plus trees of various species should be marked and its record should be maintained. Latest techniques like mist chamber and green houses should be adopted. Covering of young plants especially of Neem should be done in the winter. List of Nurseries is mentioned below:- Table XIV-1

Sr. Name of Range Name of Nursery Area in ha. No. 1 Ferozepur Talwandi 1.00 2 Ferozepur Chak Sarkar 1.50 3 Ferozepur Saragari 0.50 4 Ferozepur Mallwal 0.10 5 Ferozepur Valoor 0.15

158 6 Zira Makhu 0.50 7 Zira Zira 0.50 8 Zira Ratool 0.50 9 Zira Jalla Roda 0.25 10 Jalalabad Kahan Singh Wala 0.50 11 Jalalabad Ratta Theh 0.50 12 Jalalabad Amirkhas 0.60 13 Abohar Abohar 0.40 14 Abohar Chanan Khera 0.50 15 Fazilka Fazilka 0.25 16 Fazilka Chananwala 0.35 Total 8.10

14.8 Seed collection. Seed collected from the genetically superior, healthy and vrgorously growing trees should be used in the nurseries for raising plants. For his purpose plus trees of various species should be marked for collecting seeds. A list of these trees should be Kept in the division. The seeds from these trees should be collected under the supervision of gazetted officer. 14.9 Ecotourism There is a vast potential of Ecotourism in Ferozepur Forest Division. Ecotourism can be promoted in areas like Harike wildlife Sanctuary, Abohar wild life sanctuary, Chak sarkar reserve forest & border areas of Ferozepur Forest Division like Hussianiwala, Sadiqi (Fazilka) etc. Proper efforts should be taken by DFO (wild life), Territorial DFO to promote ecotourism in the above said areas. The main objective of ecotourism is to ensure ecologically responsible tourism, which in linked to the livelihood support and empowerment of local communities. The objectives can be listed as follows : 1. To promote conservation awareness amongst the visitors and local people through conservation education and interpretation. 2. To generate additional livelihood opportunities and help them to rationalize the existing landuse. 3. To find harmonious relationship between the place, the visitor and the host community.

159 14.10 Rules and regulations for Ecotuurism The broad rules & regulation for ecotourism will be following and these will have to be further strengthened. 1. Public use limited to special groups accompanied by guides. 2. Visitor groups are limited to a maximum of ten people. 3. Area to be declared as plastic free zone.

160 CHAPTER - XV

ESTABLISHMENT AND LABOUR

15.1 ESTABLISHMENT:

The existing strength of the Ferozepur Forest Division has already been given in the earlier chapter. There is generally shortage of protection staff particularly Forest Guards. In order to control the Division in a better way atleast three more Rangers are required.

15.2 LABOUR:

There is no problem regarding labour except in the days of harvesting. Some times local labour is also supplemented by labour from Rajasthan, Haryana, U.P. and Bihar.

15.3 BUILDINGS:

As far as buildings are concerted, these are in adequate number for the normal working of the Division.1f however, any big project such as the one presently going on in the State i.e. the JBIC, - Japan aided Forestry Development project comes then the buildings may be constructed as per the requirement of the project and at the appropriate places. The position of buildings is given in Table XV-1

TABLE XV-1

LIST OF BUILDINGS

S.NO NAME OF BUILDING LOCALITY ZIRA FEROZEPUR JALALABAD FAZILKA ABOHAR TOTAL RANGE RANGE RANGE RANGE RANGE .. Ferozepur - 1 DFO Office. - - - - - 1 1 Ferozepur - " 1 2 D.F.O's Residence 1 - - - - -

Ferozepur - 3 Dy. D.F.O's Residence - - - - - 1 1

4 Range Office 1 1 1 - 1 4

161 5 Range Quarters 1 1 - - 1 ,3

Range Office cum 6 1 1 1 - 1 4 Residence

Kot Isse Chak 7 Forester Quarters 1 2 1 8 Khan-1 Sarkar-1 Mallwal-1 Ferozepur-1 8 Store - 1 - - - 1

9 Double F.G. Huts - 1 - - 1 2

10 F.G. Huts zira - 2 Ferozepur -1 1 - 2 11 Allarman - Chak , . 1 Sarkar- 2 Kot Isee Mallwal - 1 Khan-1 11 Seed Store - - - 1 2 3 12 Garrage . - 1 - 1 1 3

13 Supdt./H.C. Quarters - Mallwal - 1 - 1 - 2

14 Class IV Quarters - Mallwal - 1 - - - 3 Ferozepur - 2 15 Pump House 1 - - - . 1 2

162 Chapter XVI

Control and Records

16.1 Records

All the forest journals of block and strip forests are to be maintained with record of all operations carried out in the forests every year. Only one copy of compartment description has been prepared. This may be filed in the forest journals in the ranges. A detailed record of each forestry activity shall be maintained in order to have a solid data base for scientific monitoring, evaluation and future planning. In order to avoid any complicacy at any level, the controlling officers should inspect the following dom3ents while touring. i) Annual plan of operations ii) Plantation journals iii) Forest journals iv) Nursery register. v) Divisional notebook. vi) Control forms. vii) Fire control form. viii) Deviation statement i) Annual Plan of Operations : Annual plan of operation should be prepared by the Divisional Forest Officer in advance and works should be executed according to the approved plan. ii) Planting Journals : For each plantation, a separate journal shall be maintained in prescribed set of proformas wherein a complete record of the plantation will be maintained. It will contain the details of works carried out and expenditure incurred location wise and compartment wise and month wise. It will also include the maintenance cost for subsequent three years. At the end of each year, observation regarding success of plantation will be recorded in the journals. Instructions of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Punjab regarding checking of plantation should also be followed. iii) Forest Journals : Forest journals should be prepared and maintained in the prescribed proformas for each forest separately. All forestry activities such as regeneration

163 felling and enumeration, maintenance cost, weed cutting construction of fire lines etc. should be recorded for a year. For each year there will be one entry, which should be signed by the Range Officer. The inspection notes by the officers should be filed in the journals. The Divisional Forest Officer shall check entries at the time of annual office inspection. iv) Nursery Registers : For each nursery, a separate register will be maintained according to the technical order No. 3 of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Volume III). It will have monthly detail of operations and expenditure incurred, plants raised, plants used departmentally, plants supplied to the public during the year. Detail of plants supplied free of cost to other Govt. department, public institutions etc. shall also be recorded in the register. Plants destroyed as a result of natural calamities or otherwise shall be got written off from the competent authority. A copy of the nursery register showing details of species wise nursery stock should be sent to the divisional office monthly. v) Divisional Note Book : Divisional Forest Officer will maintain a note book in the office in which the following information should be recorded. a) Flowering and seeding of important forest trees. b) Climate Rainfall and temperature experienced during the year and its effect on vegetation noticed. c) Market trend of forest produce. d) Insect/pest damage noticed on forest crop the treatment and result thereof. e) Statistical data, if any collected during the year. f) Labour any problem faced. g) Any other matter important from forest management point of view. vi) Control Forms : The following standard control forms prescribed by the P.C.C.F Punjab should be maintained. a) Form -2 b) Form-3 c) Form-4 These forms will be maintained and submitted to the Conservator of Forests as per instructions contained in Principal Chief Conservator of Forest's standing order No. 11 Form 2 (a) is for the control of yield of working circle. For each working circle a separate form shall be

164 used. Form 3 is for the control of regeneration operations and Form No. 4 is for the control of other miscellaneous operations. vii) Fire Control Forms :The record of forest fires should be maintained in the prescribed proforma. The details of area burnt with sketch, cause of fire, detail of damage and the approximate financial loss will be recorded.

16.2 Control Forms Control forms 2, 3 and 4 will be maintained and submitted to CF as per instructions contained in PCCF standing order No. 11. Control form No. 2 (a) is to control yield from previous working circles, form 3 is for control of other miscellaneous operations.

16.3 Deviation Statement The progress of fallings along with the prescriptions shall be entered in it. There should normally be no deviation and if there is, it should have the prior approval of the competent authority. To exercise a better check over the execution of various operations, the progress of fellings,regeneration and other subsidiary operations carried out in the year should be compared with the prescriptions of the working plan Any excess or shortfall will be recorded, the reasons and the sanction of the competent authority be taken. A deviation in respect of felling will be prepared by the D.F.O every year in the month of April and submitted to the conservator of Forest in the following performa. 16.4 Divisional Note Book The D.F.O will maintain a book containing information on important subject given as under:- a) Market trend for the prices of forest produce. b) Rain fall data with remarks whether heavy.normal or erratic. c) Injuries to which the crop is liable. d) Facts regarding regeneration natural or artificial reasons of success or failure. e) Statistical data if collected during the year. f) Any matter of significant importance regarding management of forests.

165 ANNEXURE - I

LIST OF COMMON TREES. SHRUBS. CLIMBERS AND GRASSESS OF FEROZEPUR FOREST DIVISION

S.NO. BOTANICAL NAME LOCAL NAME HABIT 1 Acacia nilotica Kikar A Large Tree. 2 Adhatoda vesica Basuti An ever green shrub. 3 Aegle marmelos Bill A deciduous tree. 4 Albizzia lebbek Kala Siris -do- 5 Azadirachta Indica Neem An ever green tree 6 Bauhinia variegata Kachnar A dciduous tree. 7 Acacia leucophloea Reru A middle size tree 8 Butea monosperma Oek -do- 9 Callistemon viminalis Bottle brush A small ever green tree 10 Calotropis procera Ak A shrub 11 Capparis sepiaria Hins An ever green climbing Shurb 12 Cannabis sativ.a Bhang Tall eract annual harb 13 Cassia fistula Amaltas Middle Size Tree 14 Cedrela toona Tun A large deciducous tree 15 Cassia tora Panwar Gregarious Shrub 16 Cordia dichotoma Lasura A medium Size Tree 17 Cynodon dactylon Khabal Green Grass 18 Capparis aphylla Karis A middle size tree 19 Carissa spinarum Garuna Ever Green Shrub '. 20 Dalbergia Sissoo Tahli A large deciducous tree 21 Dicanthium annulatam Panni Grass 22 Delonix regia Gulmohar A middle Sized Tree 23 Erianthus munja Kana Perennial Tall Grass 24 Eucalyptus hybrid Safeda A Tall Tree' 25 Ficus bengalensis Bohar A large e.ver green tree 26 Ficus religiosa Pipal - do' - 27 Lantana camara Panjp,hule Ever Green Shrub 28 Melia azaderach Oek A medium Size Tree 29 Morus alba Toot -do- 30 Parkinsonia aculeata Parkinsonia A Small Tree 31 Phoenix sylvestris Khajur Tall Palm 32 Populus deltoides Poplar A medium Size Tree 33 Prosopis juliflora Walaitijand -do- 34 Prosopis spicigera Jand -do- 35 Saccharum spontaneum Kahi AP. Grass 36 Bombax ceiba SemBI A deciduous tree. 37 Syzygium m3ini Jaman A large ever green tree 38 Tamarix dioca Jhau A grfegarious shrub 39 Tectona grandis Teak A deciduous tree. 40 Terminalia arjuna Arjun -do- 41 Typha elephantiana Bater A tall grass 42 Ziziphus mauraitiana Beri A middle size tree 43 Ziziphus num-mularia Malha A shrub

166 ANNEXURE -1B

A LIST OF BIRDS AT HARIKE WILD LIFE SANCTUARY (FEROZEPUR DIVISION)

S. Common Name Zoological Name Family No. 1 Great Created Grebe Podiceps cristatus cristatus PODICIPEDIDAE: Grebes 2 Black Necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis PODICIPEDIDAE: Grebes 3 Dabchick or Little Grebe Podiceps ruficollis capensis PODICIPEDIDAE: Grebes Phalacrocorax carbo PHALACROCORACIDAE: 4 Large Cormorant sinensis Cormrants PHALACROCORACIDAE: 5 Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Cormrants PHALACROCORACIDAE: 6 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger Cormrants 7 Darter or Snake Bird Arhinga rufa melanogaster PHALACROCORACIDAE: Darter 8 Eastern Grey Heron Ardea cineria rectirostris ARDEIDAE: Herons 9 Eastern Purple Heron Ardea purpurea manilensis ARDEIDAE: Herons Indian Pond Heron or Paddy 10 Bird Ardeola graii graii ARDEIDAE: Herons 11 Cattle Egret Bulbulcus ibis coromandus ARDEIDAE: Egrets 12 Eastern Large Egret Ardea alba modesta ARDEIDAE: Egrets Egretta intermedia 13 Amaller or Median Egret intermedia ARDEIDAE: Egrets 14 Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta ARDEIDAE: Egrets Nycticorex nycticorex 15 Night Heron nycticorex ARDEIDAE: Herons 16 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia ARDEIDAE: Egrets 17 Chestnut Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus ARDEIDAE: Bittern 18 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis ARDEIDAE: Bittern 19 Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis ARDEIDAE: Bittern 20 White Necked Stork Ciconia episcopus epicopus CICONIIDAE: Storks 21 White Stork Ciconia ciconia ciconia CICONIIDAE: Storks 22 Black Stork Ciconia nigra CICONIIDAE: Storks 23 Black Necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus CICONIIDAE: Storks 24 Adjutant Stork Leptoptilos dubius CICONIIDAE: Storks 25 Lesser Adjutant Leptotilus javanicus CICONIIDAE: Storks 26 White Ibis Threskiornis aethiopica THRESKIORNITHIDAE: Ibises melancephala Pseudibis papillosa 27 Indian Black Ibis papillosa THRESKIORNITHIDAE: Ibises Plegadis falcinellus 28 Glossy Ibis falcinellus THRESKIORNITHIDAE: Ibises THRESKIORNITHIDAE: 29 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia major Spoonbill 30 Eastern Greylag Goose Anser anser rubrirostris ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 31 Barheaded Goose Anser indicus ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 32 Lesser Whistling Teal or Dendrocygna javanica ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese Tree Duck

167 33 Brahminy or Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferrugenia ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 34 Common Shelduck Todorna tadorna ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 35 Pintail Anas acuta ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 36 Common Teal Anas crecca crecca ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 37 Spotbill Duck Anas poecilorhyncha ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese poecilorhyncha 38 Mallard Anas plathyrhynchos ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 39 Gadwall Anas stepera stepera ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese Falcated or Bronze Capped 40 Teal Anas falcata ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 41 Wigeon Anas penelope ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese Blue Winged Teal or 42 Garganey Anas querquedula ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 43 Shoveller Anas clypeata ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 44 Redcrested Pochard Netta rufina ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 45 Common Pochard Aythya ferina ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 46 White-Eyed Pochard or Aythya nyroca ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese Ferruginus Duck 47 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 48 Scaup Duck Aythya marila marila ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 49 Cotton Teal or Quacky Duck Nettapus coromandelianus ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese coromandelianus Sarkidiornis melanotos 50 Nakta or Comb Duck melanotos ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 51 SMEW Mergus albellus ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese White Headed Stiff Tailed 52 Duck Oxyura leucocephaia ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese 53 Blackwinged Kite Elanus caeruleus vociferus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures Pernis ptilorhyncus 54 Siberian Honey Buzzard orientalis ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 55 Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus ruficollis ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 56 Pariah Kite Milvus migrans govinda ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures Blackeared or Large Indian 57 Kite Milvus migrans lineatus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 58 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus indus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 59 Indian Shikra Accipiter badius dussumieri ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 60 Asiatic Sparrow-Hawk Accipiter nisus nisosimilis ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks 61 Longlegged Buzzard Buteo rufinus rufinus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 62 White-Eyed Buzzard Eagle Butastur teesa ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 63 Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 64 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 65 Himalyan Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos daphanea ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 66 Imperial Eagle Aquila haliaca haliaca ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 67 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax vindhiana ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 68 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 69 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 70 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina hastata ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures Ring Tailed or Pallas Fishing 71 Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 72 Black or King Vulture Sarcogyps calvus ACCIPITRIDAE: Vultures

168 73 Indian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus fulvescens ACCIPITRIDAE: Vultures 74 Indian Longbilled Vulture Gyps indicus indicus ACCIPITRIDAE: Vultures 75 Indian White Backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis ACCIPITRIDAE: Vultures 76 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 77 Pale Harrier Circus macrourus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 78 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygragus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 79 Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures Circus aeruginosus 80 Marsh Harrier aeruginosus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 81 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornischeela cheela ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 82 Osprey Pandion haliaetus haliaetus ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Vultures 83 Laggar Falcon Falco biarmicus jugger FALCONIDAE: Falcons 84 Hobby Falco subbuteo subbuteo FALCONIDAE: Falcons 85 North Asiatic Merlin Falco columbarius insignis FALCONIDAE: Falcons 86 Redheaded Merlin Falco chicquera chicquera FALCONIDAE: Falcons Falco tinnunculus 87 European Kestrel tinnunculus FALCONIDAE: Falcons Francolinus francolinus 88 Indian Black Partridges asiae PHASIANIDAE: Partridges 89 North Indian Grey Partridges Francolinus pondicerianus PHASIANIDAE: Partridges Interpositus 90 Grey Quail Coturnix coturnix coturnix PHASIANIDAE: Quails 91 Punjab Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica punjaubi PHASIANIDAE: Quails 92 Indian Pea Fowl Pavo cristatus PHASIANIDAE: Pheasants, Partridges, Quail 93 Eastern Common Crane Grus grus lifordi GRIUDAE: Cranes 94 Eastern Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla pusilla RALLIDAE: Rails, Coots 95 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana RALLIDAE: Rails, Coots 96 Ruddy Crake Porzana fusca fusca RALLIDAE: Rails, Coots 97 Brown Crake Amaurornis akool akool RALLIDAE: Rails, Coots 98 Indian White Breasted Water Amaurornis phoenicurus RALLIDAE: Rails, Coots Hen phoenicurus 99 Indian Moorhen Gallinula choloropus indica RALLIDAE: Rails, Coots Porphyrio porphyrio 100 Indian Purple Moorhen poliocephalus RALLIDAE: Rails, Coots 101 Coot Fulica atra atra RALLIDAE: Rails, Coots 102 Eastern Little Bustard Otis tetrax orientalis ORIDIDAE: Bustards 103 Pheasant Tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus JACANIDAE: Pheasant Haematopus ostralegus HAEMATOPODIDAE: 104 Oystercatcher or Sea-Pie ostralegus Oystercatcher CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 105 White Tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus Sandpipers, Snipe Peewit Lapwing or Green CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 106 Plover Vanellus venellus Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 107 Redwattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus indicus Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 108 Yellow Wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 109 European Golden Plover Pluvialis aspricaria Sandpipers, Snipe 110 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva CHARADRIIDAE: Plover,

169 Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 111 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 112 Indian Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius jerdoni Sandpipers, Snipe 113 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, alexandrinus Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 114 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 115 Eastern Curlew Numenius arquata orientalis Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 116 Black Tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 117 Spotted or Dusky Red Shank Tringa erythropus Sandpipers, Snipe Marsh Sandpiper or Little CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 118 Green Shank Tringa stagnatilis Sandpipers, Snipe

CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 119 Green Shank Tringa nebularia Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 120 Green Sand Piper Tringa ochropus Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 121 Wood or Spotted Sandpiper Tringa glareola Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 122 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 123 Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos Sandpipers, Snipe Gallinago gallinago CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 124 Common or Fantail Snipe gallinago Sandpipers, Snipe ROSTRATULIIDAE: Panted 125 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 126 Little Stint Calidris minuta Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 127 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 128 Long Toed Stint Calidris subminuta Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 129 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 130 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris testacea Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 131 Broad Billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 132 Buff-Breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Sandpipers, Snipe CHARADRIIDAE: Plover, 133 Ruff & Reeve Philomachus pugnax Sandpipers, Snipe 134 Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis ROSTRATULIIDAE: Panted benghalensis Snipe Himantopus himantopus 135 Indian Blackwinged Stilt himantopus RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Stilts 136 Avocet Recurvirostra avocetta RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Stilts 137 Indian Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus BURHINIDAE: Stone curlew

170 indicus 138 Great Stone Plover or Great Esacus magnirostris BURHINIDAE: Stone curlew Thick Knee recurvirostris 139 Collard Pratincole Glareola pratincola BURHINIDAE: Stone curlew 140 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maltivarum BURHINIDAE: Stone curlew 141 Small Indian Pranticole or Glareola lactea GLAREOLIDAE: Pratincoles Swallow Plover 142 Yellow Legged Herring Larus cachinnans LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 143 Lesser Black Backed Gull Larus fuscus fuscus LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 144 Great Black Backed Gull Larus ichthyaetus LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 145 Brownheaded Gull Larus brunnicephalus LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 146 Blackheaded Gull Larus ridibundus ridibundus LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 147 Slender Billed Gull Larus genei LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 148 Little Gull Larus minutus LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 149 Indian Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus indicus LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 150 White Winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 151 Black Tern Chlidonias niger LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 152 Gullbilled Tern Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 153 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 154 Indian River Tern Sterna aurantia LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 155 Common Tern Sterna hirundo hirundo LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 156 Blackbellied Tern Sterna acuticauda LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 157 Sandwitch Tern Strena sandviridis LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 158 Indian Skimmer ro Scissorbill Runchops albicollis LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 159 Mew Gull Larus canus LARIDAE: Gulls, Terns 160 Bengal Green Pigeon Columba livia livia COLUMBIDAE: Pigeons 161 Indian Blue Rock Pigeon Columba livia intermedia COLUMBIDAE: Pigeons 162 Yellow Eye Pigeon Columba eversmanni COLUMBIDAE: Pigeons Streptopelia orientalis 163 Western Turtle- Dove meena COLUMBIDAE: Doves Streptopelia decaocto 164 Indian Ring Dove decaocto COLUMBIDAE: Doves 165 Indian Red Turtle-Dove Streptopelia tranquebanca COLUMBIDAE: Doves tranquebanca Streptopelia chinensis 166 Indian Spotted Dove suratensis COLUMBIDAE: Doves 167 Indian Litte Brown Dove or Streptopelia senegalensis COLUMBIDAE: Doves Senegal Dove cambayensis Psittacula eupatris 168 Large Indian Parakeet nipalensis PSITTACIDAE: Parakeets 169 Northern Reseringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri borealis PSITTACIDAE: Parakeets 170 Northern Blossomheaded Psittacula cyanocephala PSITTACIDAE: Parakeets Parakeet bengalensis Himalayan Slaty Headed 171 Parakeet Psittacula himalayana PSITTACIDAE: Parakeets 172 Pied Crested Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus serratus CUCULIDAE: Cuckoos 173 Common Hawk Cuckoo Cuculus various various CUCULIDAE: Cuckoos 174 Indian Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus CUCULIDAE: Cuckoos 175 Indian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea CUCULIDAE: Cuckoos 176 Western Sirkeer Cuckoo Taccucula leschenaultii CUCULIDAE: Cuckoos

171 sirkee Common Crow Pheasant or 177 Coucal Centropus sinensis sinensis CUCULIDAE: Cuckoos 178 Indian Barn Owl Tyto alba stertens STRIGIDAE: Owls 179 Punjab Collared Scops Owls Otus bakkamoena plumipes STRIGIDAE: Owls 180 Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo STRIGIDAE: Owls 181 Indian Great Horned Owl or Bubo bubo bengalensis STRIGIDAE: Owls Eagle Owl 182 Forest Eagle Owl Bubo bubo bengalensis STRIGIDAE: Owls Bubo zeylonensis 183 Brown Fish Owl leschenault STRIGIDAE: Owls Bubo coromandus 184 Dusky Horned Owl coromandus STRIGIDAE: Owls 185 Northern Spotted Owl Athene brama indica STRIGIDAE: Owls 186 Forest Owlet Athene blewitti STRIGIDAE: Owls 187 Northern Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata grisescens STRIGIDAE: Owls 188 Indian Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus indicus CAPRIMULGIDAE: Nightjar 189 Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis CAPRIMULGIDAE: Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus 190 Indian Longtailed Nightjar albonotatus CAPRIMULGIDAE: Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus 191 Indian Little Nightjar asiaticus CAPRIMULGIDAE: Nightjar 192 Alpine Swift Apus melba melba APODIDAE: Swifts 193 Indian House Swift Apus affinis affinis APODIDAE: Swifts Cypsiurus parvus 194 Indian Palm Swift batasiensis APODIDAE: Swifts 195 Indian Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis leucomelanura ALCEDINIDAE: Kingfisher 196 Indian Small Blue Kingfisher Alcedo atthis bengalensis ALCEDINIDAE: Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 197 White Breasted Kingfisher smyrnensis ALCEDINIDAE: Kingfisher 198 Blue Cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus MEROPIDE: Bee-eaters Merops philippinus 199 Bluetailed Bee-eater philippinus MEROPIDE: Bee-eaters 200 Indian Small Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis orientalis MEROPIDE: Bee-eaters 201 European Roller Coracious garrulus CORACIIDAE: Roller 202 Xinjang Ground Jay Podoces biddulphi CORACIIDAE: Roller 203 Northern Roller or Blue Jay Caracias benghalensis CORACIIDAE: Roller bengalensis 204 European Hoopoe Upupa epops epops UPUPIIDAE: Hoopoes 205 Grey Hornbill Tockus birostris BUCEROTIDAE: Hornbills Meganalima zeylanica 206 Northern Green Barbet caniceps CAPITONIDAE: Barbets 207 Blue Throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica asiatica CAPITONIDAE: Barbets 208 Crimson Breasted Barbet or Megalaima haemacephata CAPITONIDAE: Barbets Coppersmith indica 209 European Wryneck Jynx torquilla torquilla PICIDAE: Woodpeckers Sind Golden Backed Wood Dinopium benghalense 210 Pecker dilutum PICIDAE: Woodpeckers 211 Northern Golden Backed Dinopium benghalense PICIDAE: Woodpeckers Wood Peacker benghalense

172 212 Yellow Fronted Pied or Picoides mahrattensis PICIDAE: Woodpeckers Mahratta Wood Pecker mahrattensis 213 Northern Brown Crowned Picoides nanus nanus PICIDAE: Woodpeckers Pygmy Wood Pecker 214 Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura brachyura PITTIDAE: Pittas 215 Singing Bush Lark Miragra Javiniaca cantillans ALAUDIDAE: Larks 216 Rufous Winged Bushlark Mirafra assimica ALAUDIDAE: Larks Mirafra etythroptera 217 Sind Redwinged Bush Lark sindiana ALAUDIDAE: Larks 218 Redwinged Bush Lark Mirafra etythroptera ALAUDIDAE: Larks 219 Ashycrowned Finch Lark Eremoptenx grisea ALAUDIDAE: Larks 220 Black Crowned Finch-Lark Eremoptenx nigriceps affinis ALAUDIDAE: Larks 221 Indian Rufoustailed Finch Lark Ammomaenes phoenicurus phoenicurus ALAUDIDAE: Larks 222 Hume's Short Toed Lark Calandreila acutirostris ALAUDIDAE: Larks 223 Indus Sand Lark Calandreila raytal adamsi ALAUDIDAE: Larks 224 Indian Crested Lark Galerida Cristata chendoola ALAUDIDAE: Larks 225 Rurkestan Small Skylark Alauda Gulgula inconspicua ALAUDIDAE: Larks 226 Seberian Collared Sand Martin Riparia aparia diluta HIRUNDINIDAE: Martins 227 Dusky Crag Martin Hirundo concolor concolor HIRUNDINIDAE: Martins 228 Western Swallow Hirundo rustica rustica HIRUNDINIDAE: Martins 229 Indian Witetyailed Swallow Hirundosmithii filifera HIRUNDINIDAE: Martins 230 Indian Cliff Swallow Hirundi fluvicola HIRUNDINIDAE: Martins 231 Indian Striated of Redrumped Hirundo daurica HIRUNDINIDAE: Martins Swallow eruthropygia LANIIDAE: Shrikes or 232 Indian Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Butcherbirds LANIIDAE: Shrikes or 233 Indian Baybacked Shrike Lanius vittatus vittatus Butcherbirds LANIIDAE: Shrikes or 234 Rufous Tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus Butcherbirds LANIIDAE: Shrikes or 235 Rufousbacked Shrike Lanius schach erythronotus Butcherbirds LANIIDAE: Shrikes or 236 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus cristatus Butcherbirds 237 Indian Golden Oriole oriolus oriolus kundoo ORIOLIDAE: Orioles 238 Eastern Black Naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis diffusus ORIOLIDAE: Orioles 239 North Indian Black Drongo or Dicrurus adsimillis albirictus DICRURIDAE: Drongos King Crow 240 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus DICRURIDAE: Drongos Black Headed or Brahminy 241 Myna Sturnus pagodarum STURNIDAE: Mynas 242 Rosy Starling or Rosy Pastor Sturnus roseus STURNIDAE: Mynas Finsch's or Common Indian 243 Starling Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi STURNIDAE: Mynas Sturnus vulgaris 244 Central Asian Starling porphyronotus STURNIDAE: Mynas 245 Indian Pied Myna Sturnus contra contra STURNIDAE: Mynas 246 Indian Myna or Common Myna Acridotheres tristis tristis STURNIDAE: Mynas 247 Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus STURNIDAE: Mynas 248 Northern Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus fuscus STURNIDAE: Mynas

173 Dendrocitta vagabunda 249 Western Tree Pie pallida CORVIDAE: Crows Corvus splendens 250 Indian House Crow splendens CORVIDAE: Crows 251 Indian Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos CORVIDAE: Crows culminatus 252 Punjab Raven Corvus corax subcorax CORVIDAE: Crows 253 Sind Wood Shrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus CAMPEPHAGIDAE: Shrikes pallidus Pericrocotus flammeus 254 North Indian Scarlet Minivet speciosus CAMPEPHAGIDAGE: Minivets 255 West Himalayan Longtailed Pericrocotus ethologus CAMPEPHAGIDAGE: Minivets Minivet favillaceus 256 Northern Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus CAMPEPHAGIDAGE: Minivets peregrinus 257 Whitebellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius CAMPEPHAGIDAGE: Minivets erythropygius Aegithina tiphia 258 Northwestern Iora septentrionalis IRENIDAE: Loras 259 Northren Gold Fronted Chloropsis aurifrons IRENIDAE: Leaf brids Chloropsis or Leaf Bir aurifrons Rajasthan Redwhiskered Pycnonotus jocosus 260 Bulbul abuensis PYCNONOTIDAE: Bulbuls 261 White Cheeked Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys PYCNONOTIDAE: Bulbuls leucogenys Pycnonotus cafer 262 Punjab Redvented Bulbul intermedius PYCNONOTIDAE: Bulbuls Pellorneum ruficeps 263 Western Spotted Babbler punctatum MUSCICAPIDAE: Babblers 264 Slaty Headed Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps MUSCICAPIDAE: Babblers horsfieldii 265 West Himalayan Rusty Pomatorhinus erythrogenys MUSCICAPIDAE: Babblers Chheked Scimitar Babbler erythrogenys Chrysomma Sinense 266 Western Yellow Eyed Babbler hypoleucum MUSCICAPIDAE: Babblers Turdoides cauldatus 267 Common Babbler caudatus MUSCICAPIDAE: Babblers 268 Western Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei earlei MUSCICAPIDAE: Babblers 269 Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi MUSCICAPIDAE: Babblers 270 Sind Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus sindianus MUSCICAPIDAE: Babblers 271 Slaty-Blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 272 Red Breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 273 Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers Grey Headed Canary 274 Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 275 Northern Whitebrowned Rhipidura aureola aureola MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers Fantail Flycatcher 276 Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 277 Cettis Bush Warbler Cettia cetti MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 278 Rufous-Fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers

174 279 North Western Plain Wren- Prinia subflava terricolor MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers Warbler 280 Northern Ashy Wren-Warbler Prinia Socialis Stewarti MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers Sind Yellow-Bellied Wren 281 Warbler Prinia flaviventris sindiana MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 282 Rofous Vented Prina Prinia burnesii MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers Orthotomus sutorius 283 Indian Tailor Bird guzuratus MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 284 Bristled Grassbird Chaetornis striatus MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 285 Striated Marsh Warbler Megalurus palustris toklao MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 286 Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 287 Indian Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers brunnescens 288 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 289 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 290 Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 291 Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis jerdoni MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 292 Hume's Lesser White Throat Sylvia curruca althaea MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 293 Desert Warbler Sylvia nana MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers Phylloscopus collybites 294 Brown Chief Chaff tristis MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 295 Sulphar Bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 296 Brook's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 297 Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 298 Westren Grey Headed Seicercus xznthoschistos MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers Flycatcher albosuperciliaris 299 Northern Blue Throat Erithacus svecicus svecicus MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 300 Indian Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis saularis MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 301 Kashmir Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers phoenicuroides 302 Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers fuliginosus 303 Brown Rock Chat Cercomela fusca MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 304 West Siberian Collared Saxicola torquata maura MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers Bushchat or Stone Chat 305 White Tailed Stone Chat Saxicola leucura MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 306 Northern Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata bicolor MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 307 Wheat Ear Oenanthe oenanthe MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 308 Desert Wheat Eater Oenanthe deserti MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 309 Pied Chat Oenanthe picata MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 310 River Chat or White Capped Chaimarrornis MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers Red Start leucocephalus 311 Brownbacked Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicate MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers cambaiensis Monticola fulicate 312 Blueheaded Rock Thrush cambaiensis MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 313 Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 314 Greywinged Blackbird Turdus boulboul MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 315 Tibetan Black Bird Turdus merula maximus MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 316 Black Throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis atrogularis MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers

175 317 Red Throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis ruficollis MUSCICAPIDAE: Flycatchers 318 Kashmir Grey Tit Oarus Major caschmirensis PARIDAE: Tits or Titmice 319 White Crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus PARIDAE: Tits or Titmice 320 Peninsular Chestnut Bellied Sitta castanea castanea SITTIDAE: Nuthatches Nuthatch Tichodroma muraria 321 Wall Creeper nepalensis SITTIDAE: Creeper 322 West Himalayan Tree Creeper Certhia himalayana limes SITTIDAE: Creeper Anthus hodgsoni 323 Siberian Tree Pipit yunnanensis MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits 324 European Tree Pipit Anthus trivalis trivalis MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits 325 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits Anthus novaeseelandiae 326 Indian Paddy Field Pipit rufulus MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits Anthus campestris 327 Tawny Pipit campestris MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits 328 Red Throated Pipit Anthus cervinus MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits 329 Vinaceousbreasted Pipit or Anthus roseatus MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits Rosy Pipit 330 Persian Rock Pipit Anthus similis decaptus MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits 331 Longbilled Pipit Anthus similis MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits 332 Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits 333 Greyheaded Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava thunbergi MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails 334 Blueheaded Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava beema MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails 335 Turkestan Blackhead Wagtail Motacilla flava melanogrisea MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails Blackbacked Yellowheaded 336 Wagtail Motacilla citreola calcarata MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails 337 Grey Wagtail Motacilla caspica caspica MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails 338 Indian White Wagtail Motacilla alba dukhunensis MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails 339 Masked Wagtail Motacilla alba personata MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails 340 Hodgsons's Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba alboides MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails 341 White Faced Wagtail Motacilla alba leucopsis MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails 342 Largepied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails Indian Thickbilled 343 Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile agile DICAEIDAE: Flowerpecker 344 Indian Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica asiatica NECTARINIIDAE: Sunbirds 345 Indian White Eye Zosteropsisa palpebrosa ZOSTEROPIDAE: White Eye palpebrosa 346 Indian House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus PLOCEIDAE: Sparrows 347 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis PLOCEIDAE: Sparrows transcaspicus 348 Sindh Jungle Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus PLOCEIDAE: Sparrows 349 Yellow Throated Sparrow Petronia xanthocollis PLOCEIDAE: Sparrows xanthocollis 350 Indian Baya or Weaver Bird Ploceus philipinus philipinus PLOCEIDAE: Weaverbirds 351 Blackthroated Weaver Bird Ploceus benghalensis PLOCEIDAE: Weaverbirds 352 Indian Streaked Weaver Bird Ploceus manyar flaviceps PLOCEIDAE: Weaverbirds Estrilda amandava PLOCEIDAE: Sparrows and 353 Red Munia or Avadavat amandava Weaverbirds

176 354 White Throated Munia Lonchura melabarica PLOCEIDAE: Sparrows and malabarica Weaverbirds Lonchura punctulata PLOCEIDAE: Sparrows and 355 Indian Spotted Munia punctulata Weaverbirds PLOCEIDAE: Sparrows and 356 Black Headed Munia Lonchura malacca Weaverbirds 357 Chaf Finch Fringilla coelebs FRINGILLIDAE: Finches 358 Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina FRINGILLIDAE: Finches 359 Indian Rosefinch Carapodacus erythrinus FRINGILLIDAE: Finches roseatus 360 Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra EMBERIZIDAE: Buntings 361 Blackheaded Bunting Emberiza melanocephala EMBERIZIDAE: Buntings 362 Redheaded Bunting Emberiza bruniceps EMBERIZIDAE: Buntings 363 White Capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti EMBERIZIDAE: Buntings 364 Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata striolata EMBERIZIDAE: Buntings 365 Crested Bunting Melophus lathami EMBERIZIDAE: Buntings

177 ANNEXURE-IC

LIST OF MAMMELS FOUND IN FEROZEPUR FOREST DIVISION

1 Fishing cat (Felis viverrina), 2 Wild boar (Sus scrofa), 3 Jungle cat (Felis chaus), 4 Smooth Indian otter (Lutra perspicillata), 5 Jackal (Canis aureus) 6 Common Indian hare (Lepus nigricolli). 7 Black Buck (Antilope cervicapra) 8 Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) 9 Sambar (Cervus unicolor)

178 Annexure-ID SPECIES OF FISH FOUND IN THE HARIKE WILDLIFE SANCTURARY (FEROZEPUR)

S.No. Scientific name Vernacular name 1. Labio rohita Rohu 2. Labio calhasu Kalhaus 3. Labio gonius Sarsi 4. Catla catla Thenla 5. Puntius sarana Puthi

6. Notoptreus chutala - 7. Cyprinus carpio Mirror 8. Carf 9. Wallago attu Mullee

10. Mystus seenghala

11. Seenghara Goonch

12. Bagarius bagarius Marakh 13. Graluna mrigla Damra

179 Annexure-IE SPECIES OF TURTLES FOUND IN HARIKE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (FEROZEPUR)

1. Kachuga Simithi 2. Kachuga tecta 3. Lissemys punctata andersoni 4. Trionyx gangeticus 5. Hardella thurji 6. Chitra indica 7. Geoclemys hamiltoni

180 Annexure-II Revenue Department

(Forests)

Notification

The 3rd May 1958

Ft-58/1195 In Super Session of Punjab Government notifications

1. No. 160-Ft Dated the 8th February 1945. 2. No. 5002-D-51/6264 dated the 15th November 1951. 3. No. 563-Ft-54/458 dated the 3rd March 1955 and 4. No. 3384-Ft-55/2134 dated the 19th August 1955.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased t declare the strips of Govt. forest or waste lands other under tree growth or not on either side of all roads, canals and always in the state of Punjab except those in the Patiala Division describe in the following schedule, to be protected forests and the provisions chapter IV and section 68 of the said Act to be applicable to the :-

SCHEDULE

Name of Strips Description and situation

Roads All P.W.D (Buildings and Roads) roads, strips and also other P.W.D lands in Punjab state transferred to the Forest Department for management.

Canals All land on either side of P.W.D (Irrigation Branch Canals and Canal roads including main canals and branches distributaries, minors escapes and bunds and also other land of that department transferred to the Forest Department for management.

Railways The land doing the railway track and station on yards on the northern Railway transferred to the Forest Department for management.

181 1128 Ft-58/1196, whereas by Punjab Government Notification No. 1122-Ft-1195 Dated the 3rd May 1958, all strips of Government waste lands, denoted by boundary pillars whether under trees growth or not either side of all roads, canals, and railways in the state or Punjab except Patiala division as mentioned in the schedule annexure to the said notification have been declared to protected forests under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927.

No therefore the Governor or Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the said Act is pleased:-

To declare all trees standing in or upon these lands to be reserved with from the date of publication of this notification & (b) to prohibit the same date the quarrying of stones burning of lime or charcoal, or collection or subjection to any manufacturing process, or removal of Forest produce in any such for stand the breaking up or clearing of for building or for herding cattle. or for any other purpose of any land on forests.

NAKUL SEN Secretary to Government Punjab Revenue Department.

182 Annexure-III PUNJAB GOVERNMENT

Notification

Dated 21 Nov 1973

No. 2226 Ft-III-73/35837 Whereas by Punjab Govt. Forest Department Notification No. 3729-...., 3117 dated 27-10-1955 the Governor of Punjab please to constitute the area specified below as reserve forest.

And whereas the Forest settlement of that area has now been complete in accordance with chapter II or the Indian Forest Act, 1927.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the lowers conferred by section 29 of the said Act, the Governor of Punjab in pleased to declare the area specified in the schedule below, the units of which are defined by boundary marks (pillars). Corrected the ground and map filed in the office of the deputy commissioner, Ferozepur to be reserved with effect from the late after the expiry of four works form the date of publication of this notification in the official cassette and thereafter the said shall be deemed to be reserved forest under further orders.

SCHEDULE

District Tehsil Name of Forest or land Area in acres. reserved

Ferozepur Ferozepur Chak Sarkar alias 1083 Dona Jaimal Wala

Boundary Earth South H.B. NO. 341 East West Dona

Secretary to Government Punjab Revenue Department.

183 No. 2226-Ft-III-73/35838 Chandigarh Dated 21 Nov 1973

1 A Copy with a spare copy of the notification is forwarded to the controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh for publication of the same in the office Gazette and supply 50 copies of the notification to this department. 2 11 printed Copies of the notification may please be supplied, in due course to the deputy commissioner Ferozepur direct.

Deputy Superintendent for under Secretary Development II.

No. 2226-Ft-III-73/35839 Chandigarh Dated 21 Nov 1973

A copy, with a copy or the notification is forwarded for information to the:

1. Commissioner Jallandhar Division, Jallandhar. 2. Chief Conservation of Forests, Punjab.Chandigarh with reference to this memo No. F/C -IX-12/(60) South/3075 dt. 12-3-73. 3. Deputy Commissioner Ferozepur 11 copies of the notification will be supplied to him in due course by the controller printing and stationery Punjab. 4. Conservator of Forests, Sultej Circle, Punjab Chandigarh. 5. Division Forest Officer Ferozepur Forest Division Ferozepur.

Superintendent for under Secretary Development II.

184 Annexure-IV

Copy of Memo No. 2928-Ft-I-71/3934 dated 15th October, 1971, from Shri S.K. Dewas, P.C.S under secretary to Govt. Punjab Development Department (II) to the Chief Conservator of Forest Pb, Chandigarh.

* * * *

Subject- Transfer of rural evacuees waste lands to Forest Department.

Ref: Four Communication noted in the margin to the address of development commissioner.

D.I.O No. C II. G ii Dt. 565 D. 22-8-71 * * * *

The Government in the Rehabilitation Deptt. Have decided as under:-

"The Forest Department should be sold 26570 ordinary acres of Ghairmumkin area, which cannot be reclaimed easily. The amount received from the Forest Deptt. should be refunded to them."

Further action in the matter should be taken accordingly

------Endst No. F/C XI/11/1226680 Dated Chandigarh 5-11-1971

Copy Forwarded to :-

1 All C.F's 2 All D.FO's

For information and necessary action.

District wise summary of the evacuees land, which the Punjab Govt. have agree to transfer to the Forest Department, is enclosed for information of all concerned. Conveyance deeds in respect of the lands transferred to the Forest Department, received from the Tehsildar (Sales) are being sent to the respective Divisional Forest Officer for further necessary action .

185 Persual of the list of Ghairmumkin in evacuees lands transferred to this Department will that in some cases the areas are too small and being uncultivable and waste, they may even by manageable. For example in area which is under the River or stream bed or where water stagnate may hot be reclaimable. After inspection of all the areas, a list of such areas, which are not manageable, should be sent to this office so that we may inform the Govt. expressing our inability to take over such areas, conditions of areas not intended to be taken over should be reported in detail. In some cases the areas through small of Forest Deptt. or can be ground with areas of other villages now being transferred to this Department. If a District map showing the location of the areas is prepared. It will be used in making an accurate assessment. A copy of such map should also be supplied for use in the circle and Direction office. It is noticed that is some cases the village wise, Tehsil wise and District wise totals of the areas do not tall with the figures conveyed by the Tehsildar (Sales). This may also be checked thoroughly and discrepancies, if any, reported immediately and got corrected from the Tehsildar (Sales) Locally.

Encl: Attached list. C.C.F , Punjab.

No. 4800-4804 Dt. 18-11-1971

A copy alongwith a copy of the respects of enclose is forwarded to all R.O's for an immediate report.

C.C.F , Punjab.

186 Annexure-V

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION (FOREST BRANCH) NOTIFICATION Notification No. 39/54/95/Ft-III/2305 Chandigarh Dt. 2-3-98 In exercise of powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to declare the lands required by the Punjab Government for raising of forest plantation in Tehsil Ferozepur District Ferozepur as described in the schedule below to be Protected Forest and that the previsions of chapter IV and section 68 of the said Act shall be applicable to them:- District Tehsil Village Description of fields Numbers Area with A K M H.B.No. Ferozepur Fazilka Chak (1// = 25) (2// = 20,21) (3// = 9,10,11,12,13,14, 15,16, 17,18, 364 7 16 Sarkar 19, 20, 21,22,23,24,25) (4// = 4,5,6,7,8,12, 13/1, 13/2, Mohaji 14,15,16,17, 18, 19, 20, 21,22,23, 24,25) (5// = 25) (6// = Baghe 21,22) (7 = 25) (8// = 5/2, 6,13, 14,15, 16,25) (9// = Ke H. 1,2,3,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18/1,18/2,19,20,21,22,2 No. 1, 3,24) (9// = 25) (10// = 20,21 22) (11// = 25) (12// = 350 15,16,17,18,21,22,23,24,25) (13// = 4,5/2,6,5/1,7,8/1, 8/2,9,11 ,12, 13,14,15,17/1, 17/2) (13/ = 16,18,19,20, 21,22,23,24,25/1,25/2) (14// = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8,9,10,11, 12,13,14,15, 16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25) (15// = 1,2, 3,4,5,7, 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15, 16,17,18,19,20,21,22) (16// = 1) (17/ = 1) (18// = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8,9,10,11, 12, 13,14,15, 16,17,18,19,20,21,22) (19// = 1,2, 3,4,5,6,7, 8, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20, 21, 22,23, 24,25) (20// = 1,2, 3,4,5,6,9/1, 9/2,10,11,12,15,16,17,18,19,20, 21, 22,23, 24,25) (21/ = 4,5,6,7,8/1,8/2, 9,10, 11,12,13, 14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25) (22// = 11,15, 16, 17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25) (23// = 1, 2,8,9,10,11,12,19, 20,21, 22,23,24,25) (24//= 1,2, 3,4,5, 6,7,8, 9, 10,11,12, 13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20, 21,22,23,24,25) (25//= 5/2,6, 7/1,14/2,15,16/1,23,25/2) (26//= 5/2) (27//= 1,2, 3,4,5, 6, 7,8/1,8/2,9/1,10/1, 13/1,14,15) (28//= 1,2, 3,4,5, 6,7,8, 9, 10,11,12,13/1,14/1,15/1) (29//= 1,2,3,4,5,7/2,8/1,9, 10, 11/1) (30//= 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9/1,9/2,10/1,10/2,13/2,14/2, 15) (31//= 1,2, 3,4,5, 6,7,8, 9, 10,11,12,13,14,15/1, 15/2, 16,17,18,19,20/1,23/2,24) (32//= 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10,11/1, 11/2,12) (33//= 1), (43 (8-2) No. 44 (26-19_

187 District Tehsil Village Description of fields Numbers Area with A K M H.B.No. Ferozepur Fazilka Chak (1M//= 8,14,16,17,24,25) , (2M//= 20, Khasra No. 3 (30-0) Sarkar Khasra No. 4 (2-15) , Mohaji Baghe Ke H. No. 2, H. B. 351

No. 39/54/95/Ft-III/2305 where as by Punjab Govt. Notification No. 39/54/95/Ft- III/2305 Chandigarh Dt. 2-3-98 certain forest and waste land mentioned in the schedule appended to the said notification have been declared to be protected under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 Now, therefore the Governor of Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred y section 30 of the said Act is pleased.

(a) To declare all trees standing in or upon these forest lands to be reserved from the date of publication of this notification and,

(b) To prohibit from the same date the quarrying of stones, or the burning of lime of charcoal or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process or removal of any forest produce in such forest and breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation, building, herding of cattle or any other purpose in any land in such forest.

No. 39/54/95/Ft-III/2305 Whereas Punjab Government Notification No. 39/54/95/Ft-III/2305 Chandigarh Dt. 2-3-98 certain forests and the wasteland has been declared as protected Forest under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927. Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 and 33 of the said Act the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules applicable to the land comprised in the aforesaid notification.

188 Rules 1 No person shall cut fell or lop for any purpose whatsoever or remove any forest produce without the previous permission of the Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur Forest Division. 2 No person shall herd, pasture, graze or retain any cattle on the said land. 3 No person shall cut or remove the grass kani, Kana without the previous approval of the Divisional Forest Officer Ferozepur Forest Division. The grass will be, cut above ground with sickle only. 4 No person shall clear or break up land for cultivation or for other purpose. 5 No, Person shall set fire to grass, trees, timbers or kindle a fire on the land without taking reasonable precaution to prevent its spreading to any tree or plant on the area. 6 The income from compounding of offences against the rules under section 68 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 shall be credited to the Government.

Y.M. OJHA , IAS, Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Deptt. of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No. 39/54/95/Ft-III/2306 Chandigarh Dt. 2-3-98

A Copy with a spare copy of the notification is forwarded to the controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh for publication of the same in the office Gazette and supply 50 copies of the notification to this department. - SD - Special Secretary Forests

No. 39/54/95/Ft-III/2307 Chandigarh Dt. 2-3-98

A copy is forwarded to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Punjab Chandigarh w.r.t his letter No. 3537 Dt. 9-1-98 for information and necessary action.

- SD - Special Secretary Forests

189 Annexure-VI GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION

(FOREST BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

Notification No. No. 39/63/2008-Ft-3/6415 Chandigarh Dated Dt. 8-8-11

In exercise of powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to declare the lands required by the Punjab Government for raising of forest plantation in Tehsil Zira District Ferozepur as described in the schedule below to be Protected Forest and that the previsions of chapter IV and section 68 of the said Act shall be applicable to them:-

District Tehsil Village with Description of fields Numbers Area H.B.No. A K M Ferozepur Zira Dine Ke H.B. 51 6 1 No. 53 9 2-3-6-7-8-15

10 11-12-17 to 20

18 1 to 4, 7 to 14, 17 to 24

19 4-5-6-15-16-25

20 5

21 1 to 4, 7 to 10, 12 to 14, 17 to 19, 22 to 25

32 2-3

190 No. 39/63/2008-Ft-3/6415 where as by Punjab Govt. Notification No. 39/63/2008-Ft-3/6415 Chandigarh Dated Dt. 8-8-11 certain forest and waste land mentioned in the schedule appended to the said notification have been declared to be protected under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 Now, therefore the Governor of Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred y section 30 of the said Act is pleased.

(a) To declare all trees standing in or upon these forest lands to be reserved from the date of publication of this notification and,

(b) To prohibit from the same date the quarrying of stones, or the burning of lime of charcoal or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process or removal of any forest produce in such forest and breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation, building, herding of cattle or any other purpose in any land in such forest.

No. 39/63/2008-Ft-3/6415 Whereas Punjab Government Notification No. 39/63/2008-Ft-3/6415 Chandigarh Dated Dt. 8-8-11 certain forests and the wasteland has been declared as protected Forest under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927. Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 and 33 of the said Act the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules applicable to the land comprised in the aforesaid notification.

Rules

1. No person shall cut fell or lop for any purpose whatsoever or remove any forest produce without the previous permission of the Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur Forest Division. 2. No person shall herd, pasture, graze or retain any cattle on the said land. 3. No person shall cut or remove the grass kani, Kana without the previous approval of the Divisional Forest Officer Ferozepur Forest Division. The grass will be, cut above ground with sickle only.

191 4. No person shall clear or break up land for cultivation or for other purpose. 5. No, Person shall set fire to grass, trees, timbers or kindle a fire on the land without taking reasonable precaution to prevent its spreading to any tree or plant on the area. 6. The income from compounding of offences against the rules under section 68 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 shall be credited to the Government.

Chandigarh Date ...... R.P.S Pawar Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No. 39/63/2008-Ft-3/6416 Dt. 8-8-11

A Copy with a spare copy of the notification is forwarded to the controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh for publication of the same in the office Gazette and supply 50 copies of the notification to this department. - SD - Joint Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

Endst No. 39/63/2008-Ft-3/6417 Dt. 8-8-11

A copy is forwarded to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Punjab Chandigarh w.r.t his letter No. 868 Dt. 13-6-2007 for information and necessary action.

SD - Joint Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

192 Annexure-VII

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION

(FOREST BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

Notification No. 39/103/01-Ft-III/12482 Chandigarh Dt. 20-8-01 In exercise of powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to declare the lands required by the Punjab Government for raising of forest plantation in Tehsil Ferozepur District Ferozepur as described in the schedule below to be Protected Forest and that the previsions of chapter IV and section 68 of the said Act shall be applicable to them:-

District Tehsil Village with Description of fields Numbers Area H.B.No. A K M Ferozepur Ferozepur Dulchi Ke 46 5 5 H.B. No. 56 1 25

2 21 to 24

3 1-2-8 to 13-18 to 23

4 1 to 25

5 5,6,15,16,25

6 4,5,6,7, 14, 15

No. 39/103/01-Ft-III/12482 where as by Punjab Govt. Notification No. 39/103/01-Ft-III/12482 Chandigarh Dt. 20-8-01 certain forest and waste land mentioned in the

193 schedule appended to the said notification have been declared to be protected under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 Now, therefore the Governor of Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred y section 30 of the said Act is pleased.

(a) To declare all trees standing in or upon these forest lands to be reserved from the date of publication of this notification and,

(b) To prohibit from the same date the quarrying of stones, or the burning of lime of charcoal or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process or removal of any forest produce in such forest and breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation, building, herding of cattle or any other purpose in any land in such forest.

No. 39/103/01-Ft-III/12482 Whereas Punjab Government Notification No. 39/103/01-Ft-III/12482 Chandigarh Dt. 20-8-01 certain forests and the wasteland has been declared as protected Forest under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927. Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 and 33 of the said Act the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules applicable to the land comprised in the aforesaid notification.

Rules

1 No person shall cut fell or lop for any purpose whatsoever or remove any forest produce without the previous permission of the Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur Forest Division. 2 No person shall herd, pasture, graze or retain any cattle on the said land. 3 No person shall cut or remove the grass kani, Kana without the previous approval of the Divisional Forest Officer Ferozepur Forest Division. The grass will be, cut above ground with sickle only. 4 No person shall clear or break up land for cultivation or for other purpose. 5 No, Person shall set fire to grass, trees, timbers or kindle a fire on the land without taking reasonable precaution to prevent its spreading to any tree or plant on the area.

194 6 The income from compounding of offences against the rules under section 68 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 shall be credited to the Government.

R.P.S PAWAR Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Deptt. of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No. 39/103/01-Ft-III/12483 Chandigarh Dt. 20-8-01

A Copy with a spare copy of the notification is forwarded to the controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh for publication of the same in the office Gazette and supply 50 copies of the notification to this department. - SD - Joint Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No 39/103/01-Ft-III/12484 Chandigarh Dt. 20-8-01

A copy is forwarded to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Punjab Chandigarh w.r.t his letter No. 750 Dt. 31-5-2007 for information and necessary action.

SD - Joint. Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

195 Annexure-VIII GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION (FOREST BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

Notification No. 39/125/2001-Ft-III/13226 Chandigarh Dt. 30-8-01 In exercise of powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to declare the lands required by the Punjab Government for raising of forest plantation in Tehsil Ferozepur District Ferozepur as described in the schedule below to be Protected Forest and that the previsions of chapter IV and section 68 of the said Act shall be applicable to them:-

District Tehsil Village with Description of fields Numbers Area H.B.No. A K M Ferozepur Ferozepur Gatti Chak 116 6 9 Jadid H.B 1 No. 367 22 to 25

2 15 to 25

3 6 to 9 & 11 to 25

23 1 to 25

24 2 to 9, 12 to 19, 22 to 25

25 25

26 2 to 9, 11 to 25

27 1 to 22,23/1

196 No. 39/125/2001-Ft-III/13226 where as by Punjab Govt. Notification No. 39/125/2001-Ft-III/13226 Chandigarh Dt. 30-8-01 certain forest and waste land mentioned in the schedule appended to the said notification have been declared to be protected under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 Now, therefore the Governor of Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred y section 30 of the said Act is pleased.

(a) To declare all trees standing in or upon these forest lands to be reserved from the date of publication of this notification and,

(b) To prohibit from the same date the quarrying of stones, or the burning of lime of charcoal or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process or removal of any forest produce in such forest and breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation, building, herding of cattle or any other purpose in any land in such forest.

No. 39/125/2001-Ft-III/13226 Whereas Punjab Government Notification No. 39/125/2001-Ft-III/13226 Chandigarh Dt. 30-8-01 certain forests and the wasteland has been declared as protected Forest under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927. Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 and 33 of the said Act the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules applicable to the land comprised in the aforesaid notification.

Rules

1 No person shall cut fell or lop for any purpose whatsoever or remove any forest produce without the previous permission of the Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur Forest Division. 2 No person shall herd, pasture, graze or retain any cattle on the said land. 3 No person shall cut or remove the grass kani, Kana without the previous approval of the Divisional Forest Officer Ferozepur Forest Division. The grass will be, cut above ground with sickle only.

197 4 No person shall clear or break up land for cultivation or for other purpose. 5 No, Person shall set fire to grass, trees, timbers or kindle a fire on the land without taking reasonable precaution to prevent its spreading to any tree or plant on the area. 6 The income from compounding of offences against the rules under section 68 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 shall be credited to the Government.

R.P.S PAWAR Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Deptt. of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No. 39/125/2001-Ft-III/13227 Chandigarh Dt. 30-8-01

A Copy with a spare copy of the notification is forwarded to the controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh for publication of the same in the office Gazette and supply 50 copies of the notification to this department. - SD - Joint Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No. 39/125/2001-Ft-III/13228 Chandigarh Dt. 30-8-01

A copy is forwarded to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Punjab Chandigarh w.r.t his letter No. 862 Dt. 13-6-2007 for information and necessary action.

SD - Joint. Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

198 Annexure-IX GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION

(FOREST BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

Notification No. 39/150/2007/Ft-III/14083 Chandigarh Dated 14-7-01 In exercise of powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to declare the lands required by the Punjab Government for raising of forest plantation in Tehsil Ferozepur District Ferozepur as described in the schedule below to be Protected Forest and that the previsions of chapter IV and section 68 of the said Act shall be applicable to them:-

District Tehsil Village with Description of fields Numbers Area H.B.No. A K M Ferozepur Ferozepur Bareke H.B. 123 2 1 No. 66 1M 16,17,22 to 25

3M 20 to 23

4M 1,2,3,7 to 25

5M 1 to 25

6M 5 to 8, 12 to 25

10 1 to 25

11 1 to 25

199 No. 39/150/2007/Ft-III/14083 where as by Punjab Govt. Notification No. 39/150/2007/Ft-III/14083 Chandigarh Dated 14-7-01 certain forest and waste land mentioned in the schedule appended to the said notification have been declared to be protected under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 Now, therefore the Governor of Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred y section 30 of the said Act is pleased.

(a) To declare all trees standing in or upon these forest lands to be reserved from the date of publication of this notification and,

(b) To prohibit from the same date the quarrying of stones, or the burning of lime of charcoal or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process or removal of any forest produce in such forest and breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation, building, herding of cattle or any other purpose in any land in such forest.

No. 39/150/2007/Ft-III/14083 Whereas Punjab Government Notification No. 39/150/2007/Ft-III/14083 Chandigarh Dated 14-7-01 certain forests and the wasteland has been declared as protected Forest under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927. Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 and 33 of the said Act the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules applicable to the land comprised in the aforesaid notification.

Rules

1 No person shall cut fell or lop for any purpose whatsoever or remove any forest produce without the previous permission of the Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur Forest Division. 2 No person shall herd, pasture, graze or retain any cattle on the said land. 3 No person shall cut or remove the grass kani, Kana without the previous approval of the Divisional Forest Officer Ferozepur Forest Division. The grass will be, cut above ground with sickle only.

200 4 No person shall clear or break up land for cultivation or for other purpose. 5 No, Person shall set fire to grass, trees, timbers or kindle a fire on the land without taking reasonable precaution to prevent its spreading to any tree or plant on the area. 6 The income from compounding of offences against the rules under section 68 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 shall be credited to the Government.

R.P.S PAWAR Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Deptt. of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No. 39/150/2007/Ft-III/14084 Chandigarh Dated 14-7-01

A Copy with a spare copy of the notification is forwarded to the controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh for publication of the same in the office Gazette and supply 50 copies of the notification to this department. - SD - Addl. Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

39/150/2007/Ft-III/14085 Chandigarh Dated 14-7-01

A copy is forwarded to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Punjab Chandigarh w.r.t his letter No. 1316 Dt. 19-7-2007 for information and necessary action.

SD - Addl. Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

201 Annexure-X GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION

(FOREST BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

Notification No. 39/24/2002Ft-III/8439 Chandigarh Dt. 10-6-02 In exercise of powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to declare the lands required by the Punjab Government for raising of forest plantation in Tehsil Zira District Ferozepur as described in the schedule below to be Protected Forest and that the previsions of chapter IV and section 68 of the said Act shall be applicable to them:-

District Tehsil Village with Description of fields Numbers Area H.B.No. A K M Ferozepur Zira Alipur H.B 2 7 4 No. 353 17 18/2, 19/2,20/2,21/1, 22/1, 23/1, 24/1, 25/1

18 3/2, 4/2, 15/2

23 2/2, 3/2, 4/2, 5/2, 9/1

No. 39/24/2002Ft-III/8439 where as by Punjab Govt. Notification No. 39/24/2002Ft-III/8439 Chandigarh Dt. 10-6-02 certain forest and waste land mentioned in the schedule appended to the said notification have been declared to be protected under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 Now, therefore the Governor of Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred y section 30 of the said Act is pleased.

(a) To declare all trees standing in or upon these forest lands to be reserved from the date of publication of this notification and,

202 (b) To prohibit from the same date the quarrying of stones, or the burning of lime of charcoal or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process or removal of any forest produce in such forest and breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation, building, herding of cattle or any other purpose in any land in such forest.

No. 39/24/2002Ft-III/8439 Whereas Punjab Government Notification No. 39/24/2002Ft-III/8439 Chandigarh Dt. 10-6-02 certain forests and the wasteland has been declared as protected Forest under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927. Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 and 33 of the said Act the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules applicable to the land comprised in the aforesaid notification.

Rules

1 No person shall cut fell or lop for any purpose whatsoever or remove any forest produce without the previous permission of the Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur Forest Division. 2 No person shall herd, pasture, graze or retain any cattle on the said land. 3 No person shall cut or remove the grass kani, Kana without the previous approval of the Divisional Forest Officer Ferozepur Forest Division. The grass will be, cut above ground with sickle only. 4 No person shall clear or break up land for cultivation or for other purpose. 5 No, Person shall set fire to grass, trees, timbers or kindle a fire on the land without taking reasonable precaution to prevent its spreading to any tree or plant on the area. 6 The income from compounding of offences against the rules under section 68 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 shall be credited to the Government.

P.K Verma Financial Commissioner & Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Deptt. of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

203 No. 39/24/2002Ft-III/8440 Chandigarh Dt. 10-6-02

A Copy with a spare copy of the notification is forwarded to the controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh for publication of the same in the office Gazette and supply 50 copies of the notification to this department. - SD - Special Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No. 39/24/2002Ft-III/8441 Chandigarh Dt. 10-6-02

A copy is forwarded to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Punjab Chandigarh w.r.t his letter No. 4109 Dt. 13-3-2002 for information and necessary action.

SD - Special. Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

204 Annexure-XI GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION (FOREST BRANCH) NOTIFICATION

Notification No. 39/23/02/Ft-III/8659 Chandigarh Dated 12-6-02 In exercise of powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to declare the lands required by the Punjab Government for raising of forest plantation in Tehsil Zira District Ferozepur as described in the schedule below to be Protected Forest and that the previsions of chapter IV and section 68 of the said Act shall be applicable to them:-

District Tehsil Village with Description of fields Numbers Area H.B.No. A K M Ferozepur Zira Boole H.B. 28 5 5 No. 162 34 5/1,6/2,7,14,15/1,24/1

34 24/2.25

39 11

41 10-11/1

43 3,4/1,4/2,5,7/2,8,13,14/1,15/1

43 16/2, 17, 24, 25/1

44 4,5,6,15

45 1/1, 4/2, 7/1, 8/1, 9/2, 10 to 24

48 2,3

205 No. 39/23/02/Ft-III/8659 where as by Punjab Govt. Notification No. 39/23/02/Ft- III/8659 Chandigarh Dated 12-6-02 certain forest and waste land mentioned in the schedule appended to the said notification have been declared to be protected under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 Now, therefore the Governor of Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred y section 30 of the said Act is pleased.

(a) To declare all trees standing in or upon these forest lands to be reserved from the date of publication of this notification and,

(b) To prohibit from the same date the quarrying of stones, or the burning of lime of charcoal or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process or removal of any forest produce in such forest and breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation, building, herding of cattle or any other purpose in any land in such forest.

No. 39/23/02/Ft-III/8659 Whereas Punjab Government Notification No. 39/23/02/Ft-III/8659 Chandigarh Dated 12-6-02 certain forests and the wasteland has been declared as protected Forest under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927. Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 and 33 of the said Act the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules applicable to the land comprised in the aforesaid notification.

Rules

1. No person shall cut fell or lop for any purpose whatsoever or remove any forest produce without the previous permission of the Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur Forest Division. 2. No person shall herd, pasture, graze or retain any cattle on the said land. 3. No person shall cut or remove the grass kani, Kana without the previous approval of the Divisional Forest Officer Ferozepur Forest Division. The grass will be, cut above ground with sickle only.

206 4. No person shall clear or break up land for cultivation or for other purpose. 5. No, Person shall set fire to grass, trees, timbers or kindle a fire on the land without taking reasonable precaution to prevent its spreading to any tree or plant on the area. 6. The income from compounding of offences against the rules under section 68 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 shall be credited to the Government.

Chandigarh Date ...... P.K. Verma Financial Commissioner & Secretary to Govt. Pb, Deptt. of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No. 39/23/02/Ft-III/8660 Chandigarh Dated 12-6-02

A Copy with a spare copy of the notification is forwarded to the controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh for publication of the same in the office Gazette and supply 50 copies of the notification to this department. - SD - Special Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

Endst No. 39/23/02/Ft-III/8661 Chandigarh Dated 12-6-02

A copy is forwarded to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Punjab Chandigarh w.r.t his letter No. 4109 Dt. 13-3-2002 for information and necessary action.

SD - Special Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

207 Annexure-XII GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION (FOREST BRANCH) NOTIFICATION

Notification No. 39/63/2008Ft-III/6412 Chandigarh Dt. 8-8-11 In exercise of powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to declare the lands required by the Punjab Government for raising of forest plantation in Tehsil Zira District Ferozepur as described in the schedule below to be Protected Forest and that the previsions of chapter IV and section 68 of the said Act shall be applicable to them:- District Tehsil Village with Description of fields Numbers Area H.B.No. A K M Ferozepur Zira Gatti Harike 13 0.095 - 29 1 33 2,9,10,11,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24

34 16,17,18,23,24,25

40 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12 min, 13,14,15,16,17,18,25

41 1,8/2,9,10,11,12,13/2,17,18,19,20, 21,22,23/1,24,25/2

42 15,16,20,21,22,23,24,25,

43 4,5,6,7,8,9/2,10,11,12/1,12/2,13,14, 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,

44 1,10,11,20,21

45 1,9,10,11,12

208 46 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15, 18,19,20

48 3,4,5,6 Where by this Notification certain forest and waste land mentioned in the schedule appended to the said notification have been declared to be protected under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 Now, therefore the Governor of Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred y section 30 of the said Act is pleased.

(a) To declare all trees standing in or upon these forest lands to be reserved from the date of publication of this notification and,

(b) To prohibit from the same date the quarrying of stones, or the burning of lime of charcoal or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process or removal of any forest produce in such forest and breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation, building, herding of cattle or any other purpose in any land in such forest.

Whereas by this Notification certain forests and the wasteland has been declared as protected Forest under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927. Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 of the said Act the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules applicable to the land comprised in the aforesaid notification. Rules

1 No person shall cut fell or lop for any purpose whatsoever or remove any forest produce without the previous permission of the Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur Forest Division. 2 No person shall herd, pasture, graze or retain any cattle on the said land. 3 No person shall cut or remove the grass kani, Kana without the previous approval of the Divisional Forest Officer Ferozepur Forest Division. The grass will be, cut above ground with sickle only.

4 No person shall clear or break up land for cultivation or for other purpose.

209 5 No, Person shall set fire to grass, trees, timbers or kindle a fire on the land without taking reasonable precaution to prevent its spreading to any tree or plant on the area.

6 The income from compounding of offences against the rules under section 68 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 shall be credited to the Government. Chandigarh Date the 14th July 2011 D.S. Bains, IAS Financial Commissioner & Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Deptt. of Forests & Wild Life Preservation. No. 39/63/2008Ft-III/6413 Chandigarh Dt. 8-8-11 A Copy with a spare copy of the notification is forwarded to the controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh for publication of the same in the office Gazette and supply 50 copies of the notification to this department. - SD - Under Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No. 39/63/2008Ft-III/6414 Chandigarh Dt. 8-8-11 A copy is forwarded to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Punjab Chandigarh for information and necessary action.

SD - Under Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

210 Annexure-XIII GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION

(FOREST BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

Notification No. 39/63/2008Ft-III/6415 Chandigarh Dt. 8-8-11 In exercise of powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to declare the lands required by the Punjab Government for raising of forest plantation in Tehsil Zira District Ferozepur as described in the schedule below to be Protected Forest and that the previsions of chapter IV and section 68 of the said Act shall be applicable to them:-

District Tehsil Village with Description of fields Numbers Area H.B.No. A K M Ferozepur Zira Kudhu 13 0.095 - Wala H. B. 76 No. 34 76/1, 77

Where by this Notification certain forest and waste land mentioned in the schedule appended to the said notification have been declared to be protected under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 Now, therefore the Governor of Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred y section 30 of the said Act is pleased.

(a) To declare all trees standing in or upon these forest lands to be reserved from the date of publication of this notification and,

(b) To prohibit from the same date the quarrying of stones, or the burning of lime of charcoal or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process or removal of any forest produce in such forest and breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation, building, herding of cattle or any other purpose in any land in such forest.

211 Whereas by this Notification certain forests and the wasteland has been declared as protected Forest under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act 1927. Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 of the said Act the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules applicable to the land comprised in the aforesaid notification. Rules

v) vi) Rules

1 No person shall cut fell or lop for any purpose whatsoever or remove any forest produce without the previous permission of the Divisional Forest Officer, Ferozepur Forest Division. 2 No person shall herd, pasture, graze or retain any cattle on the said land. 3 No person shall cut or remove the grass kani, Kana without the previous approval of the Divisional Forest Officer Ferozepur Forest Division. The grass will be, cut above ground with sickle only. 4 No person shall clear or break up land for cultivation or for other purpose. 5 No, Person shall set fire to grass, trees, timbers or kindle a fire on the land without taking reasonable precaution to prevent its spreading to any tree or plant on the area. 6 The income from compounding of offences against the rules under section 68 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 shall be credited to the Government.

. Chandigarh Date the 14th July 2011 D.S. Bains, IAS Financial Commissioner & Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Deptt. of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

212 No. 39/63/2008Ft-III/6416 Chandigarh Dt. 8-8-11 A Copy with a spare copy of the notification is forwarded to the controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh for publication of the same in the office Gazette and supply 50 copies of the notification to this department. - SD - Under Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

No. 39/63/2008Ft-III/6417 Chandigarh Dt. 8-8-11 A copy is forwarded to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Punjab Chandigarh for information and necessary action. SD - Under Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Department of Forests & Wild Life Preservation.

213 Annexure-XIV List of Saw Mills in Ferozepur Forest Division

Sr. Name of the Firm/ location & Address of Place where the industry was established No. 1 Amandeep Singh M/s Arora Saw Mill Opp. JCT Mill Abohar 2 Darshan Singh S/o Gurbaksh Singh V.P.O Jand wala Hanumanta Abohar 3 Sham Lal S/o Ram Chand R/o Jammu Basti Abohar 4 Jagdish Rai S/o Ram Chand R/o Street No. 15 B Behind Main post office, Abohar 5 Gurcharan Singh V.P.O Arniwalal New Fazilka road House No. 6522, Abohar 6 Mohan Singh S/o Gurmukh Singh New Fazilka road H.No. 6519 Abohar 7 Nirmal Singh S/o Darshan Singh M/s Kalsi Saw Mill Malout road, Abohar 8 Balbir Singh S/o Kaka Singh Saw Mill V.P.O Khuban Abohar 9 Krishana Saw Mill Harish Kumar S/o Bhim Sain Jammu Basti Near Gas Godam Abohar 10 Kulwinder Singh Saw Mill R/o New Abadi Street No. 11 H.No. 4159 Abohar 11 Subash Chendar Vij Industries Baba Deep Singh Nagar Gobindgarh Link road Abohar 12 Pritam Singh Saw Mill Sidhu Nagri Street No. 2 Abohar 13 Ram Singh Saw Mill V.P.O Kikar Khera Abohar 14 Gurtej Singh M/s Gobind Saw Miil V.P.O Sham Khera Abohar 15 Ram Chand M/s Sham Saw Mill V.P.O Dewan Khera Abohar 16 Jaswinder Singh S/o Lachman Singh Opp. Saheed Udam Singh Chowk Abohar 17 Kashmir Singh S/o Makhan Singh VPO Patti Sadeek Abohar 18 Ramesh Kumar S/o Sh. Bag Ram VPO Sajrana Dhani Kot chand Fazilka 19 Mohan Lal S/o Birbal Ram Sadrana Rampura Dhani Fazilka 20 Devi Lal S/o Mani Ram VPO Khui Khera on Abohar, Fazilka road 21 Ranjit Ram S/o Sh. Hazari Ram vPO Panjkossi Abohar Bazar 22 Meva Singh S/o Gurdyal Singh VPO Wazidpur Bhima, Abohar 23 Mahavia Pashad S/o Sh. Sanwar Ram VPO Waryam Khera Abohar 24 Kuldip Singh S/o Sh. Baz Singh VPO Sandewala Teh.Ferozepur 25 Ram Rakh Ashok Kumar S/o Sh. Inder Dass VPO Khuian Sarwar Abohar 26 Ram Lal S/o Malla Ram VPO Kuian Sarwar, Abohar 27 Sitta Ram S/o Alok Ram M/s Sita Ram Saw Mill Near Water Works Green Market Fazilka 28 Sadhu Ram, S/o Alok Ram M/s Sita Ram Saw Mill Near Water Works Mohala Katain Fazilka 29 Surinder Kumar S/o Sh. Om Parkash Bikaner road Near SD High School Fazilka 30 Rajinder Kumar S/o Sh. Om Parkash Bikaner road Fazilka 31 Sita Ram S/o Sh. Lok Ram Tani No. 1 Gha Mandi Fazilka 32 Chalu Ram S/o Jabri Ram Mohala Katan Near Abohari Adda Fazilka

214 33 Sahib Singh S/o Dula Singh Near 132 KV Sub Station Malout Road Abohar 34 Lakwinder Singh S/o Sh. Sher Singh Abohar Malout Road Fazilka 35 Ranjit Singh S/o Chanan Singh 4th Km Mill stone Malout road Abohar 36 Avtar Singh S/o Sh. Arjan Singh Malout road Near 132 KV Abohar 37 Tejwinder Singh S/o Gamdoor Singh Sundar Nagri Gali No. 1 Abohar 38 Surinder Kumar S/o Sh. Banarsi Lal Sundar Nagri Gali No. 4 Abohar 39 Roshan Lal Gupta S/o Sh. Madan Chand Gupta Gamu Basti Abohar 40 Neraj Gupta S/o Rohan Lal Gupta Jamu Basti Abohar 41 Santosh Kumar S/o Om Parkash Kataria Gobind Nagri St 5 Last Chowk Abohar 42 Sager Aneja S/o Ved Parkash Aneja Malout Sitto Byepass Abohar. 43 Gaurav Aneja S/o Ved parkash Aneja Thana Road Abohar 44 Amrik Singh S/o Sh. Kapoor singh Jammu Basti Abohar 45 Rakesh kumar S/o Sh. Gian Chand Nawan Fazilka road Abohar 46 Vandan Chabra S/o Sh. Lachman Chabra St No. 4 Circular road Patwari Niwas Abohar 47 Boor Singh S/o Sh. Balkar Singh VPO Bhawal Bassi Abohar 48 Balraj Singh S/o Sh. Des Raj Angi Saw Mill Seed farm road Abohar 49 Kikar Singh S/o Hazara Singh Near Truck Union Malout road Abohar 50 Rakesh Kumar S/o Manga Ram Near Truck Union Malout Road Abohar 51 Harish Kumar Gupta S/o sh. Kishan kumar Gupta Shri Ram saw Camical Iind FZK road Abohar 52 Mangat Rai S/o Sh. Ganga Ram Near New Grain Market Abohar 53 Roshan lal S/o Sh. Guljari Lala Bateja Amar colony Near Bus Stand Fazilka 54 Darshan Lal S/o Sh.Ram Chand Kandwala road Bypass Abohar 55 Rulia Singh S/o Sh. Gurbax Singh VPO Kabulshah Khuban Fazilka 56 Vimal kumar S/o Sh. Mohan Lal Van Bazar, Fazilka 57 Raj Kumar S/o Lal Chand Gandhi Nagar Street Kumarawali Fazilka 58 Basant Lal S/o Sh. Ram Saroop Mehra Bazar Sabzi Mandi Fazilka 59 Surinder KumarS/oSh. Nanak Parkash Kishna Street Fazilka 60 Kewal Nain S/o Sh. Sakti Saroop college road Fazilka 61 Sandeep Kumar S/o Sh. Om parkash Adrash Nagar St. No 5 Fazilka 62 Roshan Lal S/o Sh. Sudagar Chand Adresh Nagar St. No. 6 Fazilka 63 Chiman Lal S/o Sh. Kashi Ram Opp. M.R. Govt. college Fazilka 64 Rakesh Kumar S/o Sh. Jas Ram Opp. M.R. college road Fazilka 65 Ratan Lal S/o Sh. Lal Chand Mehra Bazar Sabzi Mandi Fazilka 66 Muktiar Singh S/o Sh. Ujagar Singh Near Central Wearhouse FZR road Fazilka 67 Sukdev Singh S/o Sh. Chand Singh VPO Kikar khera Abohar 68 Tek Singh S/o Dula Singh VPO Khuban, Abohar 69 Rajiv Nagpal S/o Barish Katu Nagpal Near Central Wear House Fazilka

215 70 Puran Singh S/o Sh. Kartar Singh VPO Halim wala Fazilka 71 Gurcharan Singh S/o Jagir Singh Malout road Near Dana Mandi Guru Nanak Nagri Fazilka 72 Bagwan Singh S/o Sh. Mohinder Singh VPO Malwal Kadim Ferozepur 73 Sarwan Singh S/o Sh. Anoop Singh VPO Malwal Bazidpur Distt. Ferozepur 74 Balwinder Singh S/o Sh. Lakmir Singh VPO Kalcha Qadim Distt. Ferozepur 75 Kulwant Singh S/o Sh. Gurbakh Singh VPO Janduwala Hanuwanta Abohar 76 Sh. Gurjit Singh S/o Sh. Sardool Singh VPO Rakri Khushal Singh wala Distt. Ferozepur 77 Balbir Singh S/o Bhadur Singh kaga Khurd VPO Paka Kandewala Jalalabad 78 Gurcharan Singh S/o Sh Jit Singh VPO Malwala Zira road Teh.Zira 79 Chanan Singh S/o Sh. Gopal Singh VPO Malanwala Teh. Zira 80 Mora Singh S/o Sh. Udam Singh Kamal wala road V. Mallanwala Teh.Zira Distt. Ferozepur 81 Kishan Singh S/o Gopal Singh Lakhewala Calain Teh.Zira Distt. Ferozepur 82 Surinder Singh S/o Sh. Foza Singh v. Lakhe Calain Teh.Zira Distt. Ferozepur 83 Niranjan Singh S/o Sh. Jagat Singh V. Lakhe calain Teh.Zira Distt. Ferozepur 84 Tara Singh S/o Sh. Prem Singh V. Mansoor Dena Zira Jatha Road Ward No.1 85 Balbir Singh S/o Sh. Niranjan Singh Purani Talwandi road Zira ward No. 13 Zira 86 Kulwant Singh S/o Sh. Gurdip Singh V. Akbar wala VPO Fatehgarh Panjtoor Zira 87 Joginder Singh S/o Parkash Singh VPO Kohla Teh.Zira VPO Khosa Dal Singh Ferozepur 88 Ajit Singh S/o Sh. Atar Singh Mohala Gorani Katerial Tibba Store Zira 89 Achar Singh S/o Sh. Kartar Singh Railway road ward No. 10 Makhu Teh.Zira Distt. Ferozepur 90 Baldev Singh S/o Sh. Sucha Singh Adda Mal Walaia wala Teh. Zira Distt. Ferozepur 91 Hira Singh S/o Sh. Piara Singh VPO Malanwala Khas Makhu 92 Ajay Kumar S/o Sh. Guljari Lal M.R. College road Fazilka 93 Tara Singh S/o Sh. Sher Singh VPO Fatehgarh Sabran Teh.Zira Distt. Ferozepur 94 Balwinder Singh S/o Sham Singh V. Kamalgarh Teh.Zira Distt.Ferozpur 95 Sukdev Singh S/o Sh. Assa Singh VPO Arniwala Sekh Suban Teh. Fazilka Distt. Ferozepur 96 Gian Singh S/o Sh. Saram Singh VPO Mallanwala Teh.Fazilka 97 Jagtar Singh S/o Sh. Dalip Singh V. Kandwala Hazar Ka Distt. Ferozepur 98 Jaswant Singh S/o Sh. Muktair Singh VPO Arni wala Sekh Suban Teh.Fazilka 99 Harbans Singh S/o Sh. Dalip Singh VPO Kandwala Hazar Ka Distt. Ferozepur 100 Atma Singh S/o Sh. Dalip Singh VPO Kandwala Teh.Fazilka 101 Kikar Singh S/o Saram Singh V. Mallanwala Teh.Zira Distt. FZR 102 Sarwan Singh S/o Sh. Hukam Singh VPO Arni wala Sekh Suban Teh.Fazilka Distt. FZR 103 Kulwant Singh S/o Sh. Muktair Singh VPO Arniwala Sekh Suban Teh.Fazilka Distt. FZR 104 Sant Singh S/o Sh. Jamel Singh St. No. 4 Lakir Mandi Teh.abohar 105 Balwant Singh S/o Sh. Milki Ram VPO Gullu Teh.Fazilka 106 Kishan Lal S/o Sh. Jiwan Lal VPO Diwan Khera Teh.Abohar Distt. FZR

216 107 Lachman Dass S/o Sh. Ballu Ram VPO Khuian Sarwar Teh.Abohar 108 Muktiar Singh S/o Sh. Mohinder Singh Makhu road Nanak Nagri Zira 109 Niranjan Singh S/o Sh. Wadawa Singh ward Ni. 12 Moujdin road Zira 110 Agraj Singh Saw Mill, S.o Sh. Agraj Singh ward No. 12 Mallanwala road Zira 111 Amarjit Singh S/o Sh. Puaran Singh Nanak Nagri Makhu road zira 112 Rasham Singh S/o Sh. Chanda Singh Zira FZR road Km 1-2 4 side Zira Teh.Zira 113 Sadhu Singh, S/o Sh. Sham Singh w. No. 12, Mallanwala road Teh.zira 114 Sukdev Singh S/o Sh. Joginder Singh Sadhu Saw Mill Kot Ise Khan road Zira 115 Gurmail Singh S/o Sh. Sajan Singh VPO Mallanwala road ward No. 12 Teh.Zira 116 Raspal Singh S/o Sh. Atma Singh VPO Mallanwala road Jaimal wala road 117 Didar Singh S/o Sh. Atma Singh VPO Mallanwala Ferozepur road 118 Gurbachan Singh S/o Sh. Jit Singh VPO Mallanwala Zira road 119 Kashmir Singh S/o Sh. Jarnail Singh ward No. 12 Mallanwala road Zira 120 Balwinder Singh S/o Sh. Udam Singh VPO Dulla Singh wala Teh.Zira Distt. Ferozpur 121 Subash Chander S/o Sh.Guljari Lal Nehru Nagar Near New Anaj Mandi Fazilka 122 Raj kumar Singla S/o Sh. Surinder kumar Singla Near S.D. Primary school Raja Cinema road Fazilka 123 Bachan Singh S/o Sh. Bag Singh VPO Katera Teh.Fazilka 124 Jagtar Singh S/o Sh. Ujagar Singh Opp. Thana Sadar Fazilka 125 Baljinder Singh S/o Sh. Gurcharan Singh VPO Arni wala Sekh Suban 126 Gurbir Singh S/o Sh. Karaj Singh ward No. 2 Amritsar road Zira 127 Jarnail Singh S/o Sh. Foza Singh ward No. 2 Mallanwala road Zira 128 Surjan Singh S/o Sh. Kartar Singh Ward No. 13 Railway road Makhu 129 Gurdial Singh S/o Sh. Fanga Singh Ward No. 10 Railway road Makhu 130 Ratan Singh S/o Sh. Kartar Singh Ward No. 13 Railway road Makhu 131 Buta Somgj S/o Sh. Gurbachan Singh Railway road Makhu 132 Agraj Singh S/o Sh. Gopal Sinngh Ward No. 11 Railway road Makhu 133 Inderjit Singh S/o Sh. Kartar Singh Ward No. 10 Railway road Makhu 134 Balbir Singh S/o Sh. Darshan Singh Moga-Harike road V. Sekh Suban 135 Skatar Singh S/o Sh. Balkar Singh Ward No. 13 Railway road Makhu 136 M/s Ashok Kumar Narang S/o Sh. Murari Lal Narang Gaushala road Abohar 137 Mahinder Singh S/o Sh. Labh Singh Circular road Jalalabad 138 Bachan Singh S/o Sh. Hazara Singh FF road Jalalabad 139 Avtar Singh S/o Sh.Mahinder Singh Circular road Jalalabad 140 Bachan Singh S/o Hazara Singh FF road Near Satsang Ghar Jalalabad 141 Shamsher Singh Sodhi S/o Sh. Amar Singh Bhata Basti Sadiq Byepass GHS 142 Muktair Singh S/o Sh. Narjan Singh Muktsar GHS 143 M/s Kulwant Singh S/o Sh. Gurdial Singh Sarupwala road GHS

217 144 Baga Singh S/o Sh. Tehal Singh Circular road Jalalabad 145 Kirpal Singh S/o Sh. Tehal Singh Circular road Jalalabad 146 M/s Sawarn Singh S/o Sh. Surjan Singh P.O. Pindi Goloke Mour 147 Gurcharan Singh S/o Sh. Banta Singh Vill. Chak Jamal singh wala 148 Jasa Singh S/o Sh. Nirjan Singh Sadiq road GHS 149 Dyal Singh S/o Sh. Hakim singh FF Chowk Near Udham Singh Chowk 150 Kartar Singh S/o Sh. Surain Singh FF road Jalalabad 151 Vishkarma wood works FF road Jalalabad 152 Jaswant Singh S/o Sh. Kashmir Singh FF road Jalalabad 153 Hardial Singh S/o Sh. Ujagar Singh Circular road Jalalabad 154 Parkash Singh S/o Sh. Chanda Singh FF road Chungi No. 3 Jalalabad 155 Kapoor Sjingh S/o Sh. Blaka Singh FF road Near Udham Singh Chowk 156 Jagtar Singh S/o Sh. Atma Singh Muktsar Road Jalalabad 157 Santokh Singh S/o Sh. Gopal Singh Lakhewali road Jalalabad 158 Rasham Singh S/o Sh. Bhola Singh Bhamniwala road Jalalabad 159 Kulwant Singh Saw Mill Vill. Tarewala Jalalabad 160 Dharam Singh Saw Mill Vill. Tarewala Jalalabad 161 M/s Gurcharan Singh Saw Mills, Chak Jamal Singh wala GHS. 162 Sh. Joiti Enterprizers Saw Mill F.F Road Jalalabad 163 Sh. Bagg Singh Saw Mill F.F. Road Gubaya, Jalalabad 164 Sh. Jit Singh V.P.O Gubaya F.F road Jalalabad 165 M/s Jit Singh Saw Mill Mohanke Uttar Jalalabad 166 M/s Bakhshish Singh Saw Mill F.F road Jalalabad 167 M/s Gurmukh Saw Mill MKS road G.H.S 168 M/s Mohinder Singh Saw Mill Vill. Lakhoke Jalalabad 169 Mohinder Singh Saw Mill FZR Cantt. 170 Chaman Lal Vansi Gate Ferozepur City 171 Hari Singh M/s Hari Chand Saw Mill Bharat Nagar Ferozepur City 172 Anoop Singh & songs Saw Mill O/s Bagdadi Gate, Ferozepur City 173 Jagtar Singh Saw Mill Bharat Nagar FZR city 174 Mohinder Singh Saw Mill V.P.O Pir ke Sheku Teh Ferozepur 175 Pargat Singh Saw Mill Bhagat Singh Colony Ferozepur City. 176 Balkar Singh Saw Mill Khai road Ferozepur 177 Mohinder Singh Saw Mill Circular road Zira Gate, Ferozepur. 178 Surinder Singh Saw Mill V.P.O Sodhe wala-Mallanwala road Ferozeur 179 Baljit Singh Saw Mill Near Bagdadi Gate, Ferozepur City 180 Sanjit M/s Chopera Saw Mill Opp. Truck Union Ferozepur 181 Mehal Singh Saw Mill Opp. Simla Takki Ferozepur City

218 182 Nirnjan Singh Saw Mill Patel Nagar Ferozepur 183 Sucha Singh Saw Mill Bagdadi Gate Ferozepur City 184 Budh Raj Saw Mill Circular road Opp. Water Supply Ferozepur 185 Rashem Singh Saw Mill Circular road Jalalabad 186 Sandip Kumar Saw Mill S/o Banwari Lal R/o Sunder Nagri Street No. 8 Abohar 187 Sandeep Kumar S/o Banwari Lal R/o Sunder Nagri Street No. 8 Abohar 188 Rumana Saw Mill S/o Late Sh. Paramjit Singh R/o Malout road opp. Nagpal filling store Abohar 189 Kala Singh Saw Mill S/o Sahib Singh V.P.O Panjeke Uttar Jalalabad 190 Natha Singh Saw Mill S/o Sh. Jimidara Ram V.P.O Panjeke Uttar Jalalabad 191 Rajinder Kumar Saw Mill S/o Sh. Bashir Chand R/o F.F road Gajniwala mour Jalalabad 192 Hakam Rai Karam Chand S/o Karam Chand F.F road Jalalabad 193 Grovers Saw Mill S/o Sh. Sohan Lal R/o V.P.O Mohan ke Uttar Jalalabad 194 Harbajan Singh Saw Mill S/o Sh. Mohar Singh R/o G.H.S Sadique road Jalalabad 195 Subash Chander S/o Sh. Sohan Lal R/o V.P.O Mohan ke Uttar Jalalabad 196 Avtar Singh Saw Mill S/o Sh. Mohinder Singh R/o Muktsar road Jalalabad 197 Attma Singh Saw Mill S/o Attma Singh R/o F.F road Jalalabad 198 Kartar Chand Saw Mill S/o Sh. Kapoor Singh R/o Basti Gurnam Singh Guruharsahi 199 Jogider Singh Saw Mill S/o Sona Singh R/o Thare wala road Jalalabad 200 Santokh Singh Balwinder Singh Saw Mill S/o Balwinder Singh R/o Circular road Devmaj College Ferozepur 201 Amar Nath & Sons S/o Shiv Kumar R/o Ahata No. 52,53 Street No. 4 Kabari Bazar Ferozepur 202 Niranjan Singh Saw Mill S/o Sh. Bhagat Singh R/o Karian wala Ferozepur 203 Tek Singh Saw Mill S/o Mangal Singh R/o Near Dev Samaj College Ferozepur 204 Pargat Singh Saw Mill Sherkhan wala road Ferozepur 205 Mukhtiar Singh Saw Mill R/o V.P.O Sherkhan Ferozepur 206 Gajan Singh Saw Mill R/o V. Valoor Distt. Ferozepur 207 Harbhjan Singh Saw Mill S/o Sh. Shingara Singh R/o Vi. Baghe ke Pippal Distt. FZR 208 Gurmej Singh Saw Mill S/o Sh. Amar Singh R/o Sherkhan wala Distt. FZR 209 Lakhbir Singh Saw Mill S/o Sh. Sohan Singh R/o V.P.O Sherkhan FZR 210 Mehar Singh Saw Mill S/o Sh. Dalip Singh R/o Yarre Wala road Baghe ke Pippal FZR 211 Jagtar Singh Saw Mill S/o Arjan Singh R/o O/s Makhu Gate FZR City 212 Hardeep Singh Swa Mill S/o Sh. Veer Singh R/o Circular road Dev Samaj College FZR City 213 Baggan Singh Waw Mill S/o Sh. Ranjha Singh R/o F.F Road Opp. Radha Sawami Satsang Ghar JBD 214 Rajan Enterprizer Kaccha Burj Mohar road Abohar 215 Boor Singh Saw Mill S/ol Sh. Chakar Singh R/o Vill. Mohkam Arai SD Plant , JBD 216 Gurmail Singh Saw Mill S/o Gurdeep Singh R/o VPO Shiekhwan Zira

219 217 M/s Farid Traders Muktsar road Guruharshai, Jalalabad 218 Kulwant Singh M/s Guru Nanak wood works Khai road FZR 219 Palwinder Singh VPO Mallanwala, Ferozepur 220 Pyara Singh Saw Mill O/s Zira Gate FZR City 221 Davinder Singh Saw Mill Mallanwala, FZR City 222 Balwant Singh & Sons Rahime ke Uttar Mamdot 223 Bhagwan Singh S/o Sh. Shingara Singh Saw Mill Mamdot (FZR) 224 Chanan Singh S/o Sh. Deva Singh Saw Mill Mamdot (FZR) 225 Fuman Singh,Karnail Singh Saw Mill Punjoke Hithar Mamdot (FZR) 226 Rajinder Singh Gurunanak Saw Mill Chupati road Mamdot (FZR) 227 Dass Saw Mill Near Hospital Mamdot (FZR) 228 Jagtar Singh Saw Mill Near Udam Singh Chownk FZR City 229 Jaswant Singh Saw Mill Dulchike Ferozepur 230 Joginder Singh Saw Mill V.P.O Perke Khan Ferozepur 231 Nirmal Singh Saw Mill Mohkam Khan Wala Zira road FZR 232 Sukhwant Singh Saw Mill Mallanwala-Ferozepur road Zira 233 Kulwant Singh Saw Mill Vill Tarewala, Jalalabad 234 Dharam Singh Saw Mill Vill. Tarewala Jalalabad 235 Subeg Singh Saw Mill Near Bhagat Singh Colony Ferozepur 236 Suba Singh Saw Mill Vill. Sherkhan Ferozepur 237 Jagtar Singh Saw Mill Vill. Kulgari Ferozepur 238 Kishmir Singh Saw Mill Vill Sherkhan Ferozepur 239 Tajinder Singh Saw Mill. Ohjan wali Post of Jorki Andhewali Fazilka 240 Jaswant Singh Sawm Mill Makhu Gate, Ferozepur 241 Mukhtiar Singh Saw Mill Circular road Ferozepur 242 Bharat Bushan Kallra Saw Mill, Jalalabad 243 Puran Singh Saw Mill V.P.O Mamdot Ferozepur 244 Sukhwinder Singh S/o Sh. Sohan Singh Opp. Power House Talwandi, Ferozepur 245 Faqir Chand S/o Sh. Karam Chand Talwandi, Ferozepur 246 Balwant Singh Saw Mill Vill. Tillanwali Fazilka 247 Baldev Singh S/o Sh. Dalip Singh Vill. Mudki Ferozepur 248 Yog Raj Saw Mill Vill. Patrewala, Abohar 249 Krishna Saw Mill Malout road Abohar 250 Challana Saw Mill Malout road Abohar 251 Gurmail Singh Saw Mill Baghapurana road Mudki, Ferozepur 252 Surinder Viz Timber Store Malout road Abohar 253 Mohan Singh, Ram Singh Saw Mill G.S road Abohar 254 Mohan Lal Saw Mill Vill Nukerian, Abohar

220 255 Manjit Kaur W/o Sh. Chinder Singh by pass Abohar 256 Kamboj Industries V.P.O Balluana Abohar 257 Pritam Singh Saw Mill Hospital road Abohar 258 Gobind Singh Saw Mill Hazara Singh wala Ferozepur 259 Karnail Singh Saw Mill Mallanwala Khas, Zira 260 Balbir Singh Saw Mill Vill. Gill, Ferozepur 261 Sawinder Pal S/o Sh. Vir Singh Saw Mill Vill. Sakoor, Ferozepur 262 Mahinder Singh S/o Dhara Singh Old power house D.A.V College road Jalalabad 263 Major Singh S/o Jiwan Singh Saw Mill F.F road Jalalabad 264 Sarja Singh Saw Mill Vill. Satiawala, Ferozepur 265 Surinder Arewala Lakar Mandi Gail No. 13,14 Abohar 266 Madan Saw Mill Vill Rajpura, Abohar 267 Sant Saw Mill Vill. Usmankhera Abohar 268 Hardial Singh Saw Mill Circular road Jalalabad 269 Mukhtiar Singh Vill. Jaloke Gatti Rahime ke Ferozepur 270 Hansa Singh Saw Mill Guruharsahai Gudar Dhandi road Jalalabad 271 Gajjan Singh Saw Mill F.F road Vill Pindi Jalalabad 272 Manohar Singh Saw Mill Muktsar road Guruharshai, Jalalabad 273 Avtar Singh Saw Mill F.F rozd Jiwan Arian, Abohar 274 Pritam Singh Mistery Villlage Malookpur, Abohar 275 M/s Prem Chand 151 Sant Lal road Ferozepur Cantt 276 Gobind Ram S/o Sh. Janki Dass 154 Sant Lal road Ferozepur Cantt. 277 Janki Dass S/o Sh. Jugal Kishor Saw Mill 146 Sant Lal road Ferozepur Cantt., 278 Kulwinder Kumar S/o Sh. Chiman Lal Street No. 7 Nai Abadi Abohar 279 Sh.Subash Singh S/o Jeet Singh Vill. Rahimeke Bodla Jalalabad 280 M/s Gurdeep Singh S/o Sh. Pala Viilage Pindi Jalalabad 281 M/s Sudesh Kumar S/o Sh. Hans Raj ward No. 13 Talwandi Bhai (Ferozepur) 282 Mohinder Singh Saw Mill Vill. Arniwala Sekh Subhan Fazilka 283 Jarnail Singh Saw Mill Saidoke Vihar Behk Khas Fazilka 284 Balwant Saw Mill Vill. Arniwala Sekh Subhan Teh Fazilka 285 Ujaggar Singh Saw Mill Vill. Sadoke Hithar P.O Hasta Kalan, Fazilka 286 Surinder Singh Saw Mill Vill. Mandi Roranwali Teh.Fazilka 287 Darshan Singh Saw Mill Vill. Ghuriana Teh Fazilka 288 M/s Phuman Singh S/o Tara Singh Vill. Bhanewala PO Hussianiwala Ferozepur 289 Balbir Singh S/o Munsi Singh Sarihwala road Guruharsai Jalalabad 290 Angrej Singh S/o Sh. Gurbachan Singh Vill. Mohkam Arai Road Jalalabad 291 M/s Ram Kumar Saw Mill VPO Saidawali Abohar- Ganganagar road Abohar 292 M/s Bhagwan Singh S/o Sh. Sohan Singh Vill. Gudar Dhandi Teh.Jalalabad

221 293 M/s Harbans Singh Saw Mill F.F. road Vill. Gudar Dhandi Teh Jalalabad 294 Mohan Singh Saw Mill Vill. Shanga Rai Uttar Teh Jalalabad 295 M/s Balkar Singh Saw Mill Vill. Sherkhan Teh & Distt. Ferozepur 296 M/s Gurnam Singh Saw Mill Vill. Rasoolpur Makhu Teh.Zira 297 M/s Darshan Singh Saw Mill Vill. Rasoolpur Makhu Teh Zira Distt. Ferozepur 298 M/s Pritam Singh S/o Sh., Jaswinder Singh Makhu road Nanak Nagri Zira. 299 M/s Angrej Singh Saw Mill Mallanwala road Zira 300 M/s S.V.S wood Product Private land Kahenewala road Jalalabad. 301 M/s Sant Singh Arewala Street No 14, Abohar 302 Guru Nanak Saw Mill VPO Tibbi Saderdin (FZR) 303 Papa Singh S/o Sh. Joginder Singh VPO Saidoke Chak Tehsil Jalalabad 304 Jaswant Singh S/o Pyara Singh Basti Sanua Wali Ferozepur 305 Binder Singh Saw Mill Ferozepur-Moga Road Vill. Pyareana 306 M/s Roshan Lal Sons F.F Road Jalalabad 307 M/s Saudagar Saw Mill F.F Road Jalalbad 308 M/s Tarlok Singh Saw Mill Near Zira Gate Ferozepur 309 M/s Baldev Singh Saw Mill Ladhuka Mandi Fazilka 310 M/s Sanjeev Kumar Saw Mill Ferozepur 311 Kashmir Singh S/o Munsha Singh F.F road Basti Bhumarshah Jalalabad 312 Barjesh Chander S/o Karam Chand F.F road Opp. Saheed Udam Singh Chowk Jalalabad 313 Gurdial Singh S/o Sh. Fatta Singh Vill. Chak Balochan (Mahalam) Jalalabad 314 Puran Singh Saw Mill Ladhuka (Fazilka) 315 Subash Singh S/o Sh. Dalip Singh Vill. Attuwala Uttar Jalalabad 316 D.R. Wood Industires Jalalabad 317 M/s Mukthiar Singh Saw Mill Laduka Near Lal Khothi Fazilka 318 M/s Grover Saw Mills Mohan Ke Uttar Jalalabad 319 M/s Kharati Lal Handa Saw Mill Jamna Basti Abohar 320 Sh. Karnail Singh S/o Dilawar Singh Vill Shanga Rai Uttar Jalalabad 321 M/s Mewa Singh Saw Mill Vill Wazidpur Bhoma, Abohar 322 M/s Teja Singh S/o Natha Singh Saw Mill (Major Singh S/o Dalip Singh) Vill Attari, FZR 323 Amartpal Saw Mill Vill Ladhuka Distt Fazilka 324 Atul Kumar Saw Mill Street No. 2 Shakti Nagar Fazilka 325 Sham Lal Saw Mill Vill Thangni Distt. Fazilka 326 Hari Singh Saw Mill F.F. Road Vill Alfuke Jalalabad 327 Jit Singh S/o Khan Singh Vill Sukhera Bodla Jalalabad 328 Ramesh Singh S/o Harmesh Singh S/o Malla Singh Vill Panjke Uttar Jalalabad 329 Amarjit Singh Saw Mill New Abadi Abohar 330 Malkit Singh Saw Mill Malout Road Abohar 331 Jamniya Wood Works Saw Mill Malout Road Abohar 332 Joginder Singh Saw Mill S/o Palla Singh Vill Pindi Jalalabad

222 ANNEXURE-XV

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

Department of Forests

NOTIFICATION ON JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT (JFM)

Notification No. 46/242/99-Ft.III/18759 Dated 18.11.2003

The Government of Punjab issued guidelines for Joint Forest Management (JFM) in forests of Kandi area of Punjab vide resolution No. 46/27/93-FT-III/8284 Dated 14-07-1993. These were subsequently revised in 1995. The Process of JFM has, however, been slow in taking off in the State in spite of the initial efforts made in this regard. After due consideration, the government of Punjab feels that there is a need to issue revised and more comprehensive guidelines for JFM in the State. Therefore in supper- session of earlier JFM guidelines and their subsequent amendments, the following JFM guidelines are now being issued. 1.1 The process of Joint Forest Management (JFM) may be instituted in the entire State. JFM provisions will be applicable on the Reserved, Protected and Un-classed Forests (hereinafter called forests) of Kandi area of Punjab While implementing the JFM Programme following will be kept in view : - a) Local people’s interest and responsiveness prior to starting the programme at any given location. b) Initial emphasis should be on places where good and constructive local leadership is forthcoming and forest dependency is higher c) The process should provide for local people’s requirements and needs in planning, including some non-forestry developmental initiatives and programmes to be implemented by the Punjab Forest Department. d) It is intended to adopt a three-pronged strategy to involve local people through Forest Protection Committee (FPCs). Non Government Organizations (NGOs)/Voluntary Agencies (VAS)/Institutions/Religious Bodies etc and farmers. e) There shall be regular annual review of the programme by the Forest Department, involving other stakeholders for the -ons learnt, and also to 89 identify strength and weaknesses so as to amend the rule and regulations to steer the course of events towards a positive direction in the overall interest of forest conservation and local people development.

2. Forest Protection Committee (FPCs) :

2.1 Constitution of Forest Protection Committees In super session of earlier instructions, the following guidelines are now being laid for constitution of the Forest Protection Committees: -

2.1.1 After adequate initial exploration and spadework the Forest Range Officer will convene in his jurisdiction a series of general meeting of a hamlet, a village or a cluster of village (hereinafter called “village”), in which all adults of the village should be invited to participate.

2.1.2 During these meetings, the Range Officer (RO) will explain in detail about the spirit and concept of JFM and the proposals of the Government towards the benefits and responsibilities at various levels. The Range Officer can take the assistance of appropriate NGO(s) for mobilization of the local people. After explaining the concept of Joint Forest Management to the villagers and evaluating the responsiveness of the villagers, the Range Officer will take steps to constitute an FPC within the framework of these regulations. The RO shall endeavor to constitute FPC in as many villages as possible. The villagers themselves on their own, may also take initiative in this regard and approach the local office of the Forest Department for formulation of FPCs.

223 2.1.3 Members of every household living in the Village (with adequate emphasis on households having greater dependence on forests for meeting their daily needs), would have the option of becoming members of the FPC. Any one adult members of a household, who ordinarily reside in the village, could represent the household.

2.1.4 After due deliberations and constitution of the FPC, a Management Committee (MC) will be constituted including elected representatives from amongst the members of the FPC to run the day –to-day affairs of the FPC.

2.1.5 The concerned Block Forest Officer (Forester) or the Forest Guard shall be the Exofficio Secretary of the Management Committee (to be nominated by the Range Officer, after consultation with the DFO). 90

2.1.6 A register of FPC members will be maintained in the village and a decision should also be taken on contribution of a token annual membership fee. Similarly the FPC, through its MC, could also take decision on any other contributions to be made members of the FPC in the overall interest of forest conservancy and village development. A record of time and other resources spent by individual household/members of the FPC in interest of forest conservancy will also be maintained in an appropriate form so that it can help the FPC/MC to decide on the proportionate sharing of benefits.

2.1.7 Village Forest Committees (VFCs)

Village Forest Committees and their executive committees already constituted under the framework of Forest Development Agencies (FDAs) shall be deemed to be FPCs/Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) / MCs constituted under this notification and vice-versa and all the provisions applicable to FPCs shall apply to VFCs as well.

2.2 Duties and Responsibilities of the FPCs :

2.2.1 The members of the FPC, individually and collectively will:

(a) Proactively participate and help the local forest officials in protection of assigned forest area against grazing, fires and theft of forest produce and other injurious influences on forest;

(b) Make fellow villagers and their family members aware of the importance of forests and need for such participatory initiatives;

(c) Actively participate in the preparation of Joint Forest Management Plan for assigned forest/area;

(d) Cooperate with the Forest Officers in carrying out forestry and development works in accordance with the approved Joint Forest Management Plan.

2.2.2 A general body meeting of the FPC shall be held with at least quarterly periodicity to review the functioning of the FPC, the Management Committee and activities being carried out under Joint Forest Management Plan (JFMP). The Member-Secretary of the Management Committee will convene such meetings at a time and place convenient to the people in general and help maintain the records of the MC/FPC.

2.2.3 The FPC will discharge the above stated duties in the manner and procedure stated below: a) In the event of any forest offence like illicit felling grazing encroachment etc. the concerned local forest official shall take action in accordance with the provisions laid down in Indian Forest Act, 1927 or Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 and other relevant laws, as the case be. Members of

224 the FPC will actively assist the Forest Guard in the above-mentioned process especially in the detection of the offence. b) Thereafter offences shall be dealt as per procedure laid down by Punjab Forest Department. c) The members of FPCs/MC will institutionalize arrangements for preventive patrolling and guarding of the forest against theft and fire other injurious influences. d) In the event of any fire, not only will be FPC members bring it to the notice of the Forest Guard, Forester or Range Officer but they are expected to take initiative in actively helping in controlling the same.

2.3 Constitution of the Management Committee (MC) :

2.3.1 In order to carry out an approved Joint Forest Management Plan within the scope of these rules as well as to mobilize people for forest protection, every FPC shall have a Management Committee (MC); FPC may constitute new MC in consultation with DFO if the performance of existing MC is not up to the satisfaction of FPC.

2.3.2 (i) The composition of the Management Committee shall be as follows:

(a) Sarpanch of the concerned Gram Panchayat: Member (b) Six to nine elected representatives from the FPC: Members (c) Representative of Panchayat Department (in case of Panchayat Forests) : Member (d) Concerned Forester or Forest Guard : Member Secretary (ii) The Committee will elect its own Chairperson/Deputy Chairperson. Either the Chairperson or the Deputy Chairperson shall be a woman. (iii) Depending upon the size and number of the households in a village, number of elected representatives in a MC shall be between Six to Nine. (iv) The Range Officer shall act as returning officer for election of the members and office bearers of the MC. Not - than one third of elected representatives shall be women. Also, amongst the elected members of the MC, at least two members should be from Scheduled Caste or the land- or the marginal families and two members from among the landowners of the village. No habitual forest offender will have the right to be elected to, or remain the member of the MC. The matter of disqualification of a habitual forest offender will be decided by the DFO.

(v) The Sarpanch will help in maintaining liaison of MC and FPC with the Panchayat.

(vi) Half the total number of members of the Management Committee shall constitute the quorum for the meeting of the MC.

(vii) One of the elected members of the MC will be elected to function as its Treasurer. Joint signature of the Chairperson and the Member-Secretary shall operate any bank account of the FPC. The treasurer will maintain account of all the transactions.

2.4. Duties and Responsibility of the Management Committee :

2.4.1 The Management Committee will meet at least once in a month.

2.4.2 The Member – Secretary shall be responsible for convening the meetings and maintaining the record of proceedings. He shall promptly send a copy of the proceedings to the Range Officer to keep him informed and also to obtain necessary guidance from him. The Range Officer shall also forward a copy of the proceedings to the DFO.

2.4.3 The Conservator of Forest/ Divisional Forest Officer or the Range Officer may give directions from time to time for smooth and proper functioning of the committee and, depending on the

225 nature of the issue under consideration, such direction will either be of advisory or binding in nature. Binding directions are to be given only in case the trend of the FPC activities reveals non- observance of forest laws or sound principles of forest conservation.

2.4.4 Since the MC will be a representative body of the FPC, other duties and responsibilities of MC remain the same as for the FPC mentioned earlier. The MC will ensure that all its obligations as well as obligations of the FPC are properly honoured.

2.4.5 Apart from concerned Range Officer; any other senior forest officer may also attend the Management Committee or FPC meetings in order to facilitate discussion and tender advice. The forest department may involve other government officials, consultants, nongovernmental organization, academicians etc. In such discussions it is likely to help in promoting the cause of forest conservancy and the welfare of the local people. None of such participants however will have any voting rights in the meetings.

2.5 Approval by the Divisional Forest Officer :

2.5.1 upon receipt of the proposal from the Range Forest Officer regarding the constitution of the FPC and MC, the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), after considering the same, should accord recognition to it. Only such recognized institutions are entitled to operate under these rules.

2.5.2 The benefits of this notification shall also accrue top Forest Committees, which are already constituted, and functioning provided they agree to abide by the terms and conditions of this notification.

3. Involvement of Voluntary Agencies (VAs) :

Reputed voluntary agencies such as NGOs, institutions, religious bodies etc, may be involved in afforestation and ancillary works in areas, which are neither taken up nor intended to be taken up by any FPC/VFC. The areas covered under the Punjab Apportionment of trees Rules, 2000 and in respect of which the concerned farmer has already signed an agreement under these rules, will also not be available to the voluntary agencies.

3.1 There must be a written agreement between the NGO and the local Forest Deptt. for involvement of NGO in Forestry works in a particulars area. Whenever, an industrial House or an outside agency is supporting the NGO, there must be a tripartite agreement between NGO, local forest department and the industrial House or outside agency.

3.2 The agreement must have the commitment of the industrial house to bear the cost of the scheme of the NGO to faithfully implement the scheme under the supervision and direction of the Forest Department.

3.3 The industrial house and the NGO will not claim any right whatsoever over the forest land or the produce anytime thereafter.

3.4 The rights of local people, if any over the forest land will not be affected by this agreement.

3.5 The agreement will be for a period of say 5 to 7 years during which the area is likely to be tackled including maintenance.

3.6 These scheme should be prepared in such a way so that naturally occurring species should be given priority in the rehabilitation and plantation programme.

3.7 Only such forest lands that are - than 0.4 density and that cannot be regenerated with natural regeneration should be taken up under this scheme.

226 3.8 Any usufruct sharing with NGO’s will be subject to the approval of the Govt. of India.

4. Involvement of Farmers :

Involvement of farmers shall be governed by the rules and procedures as laid down under the Punjab Apportionment of Trees Rules, 2000 the areas along roads and adjoining farmers fields in respect of which an agreement has already been signed between the farmer and the Forest Department. These areas may however, be taken up by the JFMC/VFC/FPC/VA for afforestation and ancillary works subject to a tripartite, agreement between the farmers, the Forest Department and the FPC/VA as per mutually agreed terms and conditions.

5. Joint Forest Management Plan (Microplan) :

5.1 The Forest areas to be managed jointly by the department and FPC’s will be decided by the territorial DFO in consultation with the FPCs. These forest areas need not be coterminous with the revenue village i.e. forest areas in a particular revenue village may be managed under JFM by an FPC of another neighboring village also. A Joint Forest Management Plan (JFMP) will be prepared for the area using tools like Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). During this process the FPC will be actively involved through the meeting of its General Body Prior to starting such exercises the Range Officer should collect available information (and also prepare maps) on the forest types, the species occurring in the forest, legal status of forest, in the area and extent of forest under each category, history of the forest, the land use of the non forest land in the area, important information on the concerned micro-watershed, population and other socioeconomic data of the villages in the vicinity of the forest. A copy of the JFMP proposal should be sent by the Range Officer to the DFO so that, if necessary, he may tender his advise. FPCs should also take up the Panchayat Forest Area in consultation, and with concurrence of the village Panchayat. This arrangement will benefit both the Panchayat and the members of the FPC, as improved protection is likely to enhance the quality and quantity of the forest produce available from the Panchayat forest areas. In case of Panchayat forest areas the Forest Department will act as facilitator to evolve a workable institutional arrangements between the Panchayat and the Forest Protection Committee as per these guidelines. No such arrangement is, however, possible for the Panchayat Forest areas without wholehearted and constructive support from the Rural Developments and Panchayat Department. The Rural Development and Panchayat Department shall, therefore, provide full and constructive support in facilitating such an arrangement for the protection and management of Panchayat Forests. The sharing of benefits between the Panchayat and the FPC can be on the same lines as the sharing of benefits between the FPC and the Government in case of the Protected/Reserved/unclassed Forest under these guidelines. If, after gaining initial experience in a village, the villagers wish to extend similar arrangements to forest areas which are common private holdings of a number of families of the village, they could decide to do so provided all the landholders and other local stakeholders come to a mutual agreement in this regard. The local forest officials can help in facilitating such arrangements if the landowners and other village stakeholders collectively decide so.

5.2 During preparation of the JFMP, specific attention should be paid to identification and participation of those stakeholders who are the most forest dependent and the poorest. The plan should also specifically address the issue of involving the women and taking care of their forest based and other developmental needs.

5.3 The Forest Department may also try to organize or support the existing self- help groups of villagers in the area, especially those of women and impart training to them for suitable income generating/ value addition activities and also facilitate process of obtaining loans/ grants by such groups through banks, NGOs etc.

5.4 In order to promote women’s participation, the Forest Department may also consider engaging women facilitators and NGOs to facilitate adequate gender balance in community mobilization.

227 5.5 The overall implementation of the Joint Forest Management Plan and its supervision will be the responsibility of the Range Officer with the active assistance and participation of the FPC.

5.6 Soil and water conservation measures man also be incorporated as part of the Joint Forest Management Plan.

5.7 It shall also be the responsibility of the FPC/ Management Committee/VA/ Farmers to chalk out and implement an action plan assigning duties and responsibilities to ensure protection of the forest under its charge from theft, biotic interference, fire and other injurious influences and also to implement other measures involving paid labour and even unpaid inputs. In case of wage employment the members of the FPC shall have the first preference. The DFO shall have the discretion of getting works, which are otherwise conventionally executed under the direct supervision of the Forest Deptt. staff at the approved schedule rate, executed through MC/FPC by passing earmarked resources to MC after formally signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the MC in this regard. In all such cases, if the FPC can save some money within the limits of the government approved scheduled rates for such jobs, by contributing voluntary labour or otherwise, the expenses saved would be credited to the FPC account. The MC will maintain and present for inspection appropriate record in all such cases. Such pooled money could also, in the long run, attract matching grants/loans for the village from Government, Banks, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), or other funding agencies. The FPC will decide the use of the money pooled in the MC account. Such money can be very useful for maintaining the works done under various Government Schemes/ projects implemented in the area, especially after the Government Agency withdraws from the area. Minimum 50% amount shall be spent on forestry development projects. The Forest Department may help identify possibilities of grants/ loans for the FPC in order to help in sustainability and strengthening of these institutions. Wherever feasible, the Joint Forest Management Plan shall also explore the possibility of “Sharamdan”(unpaid labour contribution) from the FPC members.

6. Selection of areas for afforestation :

The areas to be selected for a joint Forest Management under this Notification may preferably be those with - than 40% crown density. The first priority in respect of forest areas along roads shall be that of the farmers along whose fields the strip forest falls.

7. Funding the JFM plan :

The Government will bear the expenditure to be incurred for implementing the Joint Forest Management Plan. Wherever a provision has been made as a part of the approved estimates, these expenditures shall be borne by National Afforestation & Eco- Development Board (NAEB)/State Govt./Central Govt. For this purpose the government may also take steps to tie up with appropriate national and international funding agencies. The voluntary Agencies / NGOs will arrange their own resources such as from Industrial Houses, Grants-in aids etc.

8. Benefit sharing

8.1 The FPC will be entitled to the usufruct and Non Wood Forest Produce (NWFP) rights in the area, only if it properly discharges all its duties and responsibilities under these rules. It shall be within the competence of the FPC acting through its Management Committee, to assign the shares of the usufruct and other NWFP and other benefits among its members. It shall be in order to grant fewer shares or no share to any member if he has not discharged the duties and responsibilities assigned to him. Similarly the FPC could decide to give more benefits to a family or persons if they have spent more time and efforts for the protection of the forest. For the purpose of such benefits each household is treated as one member. In case of areas covered under the Punjab Apportionment of Tree Rules 2000, the benefit sharing between FPC and farmers shall be as per the mutually agreed terms and conditions.

228 8.2 All conflicts and issues in respect of usufruct or other benefit sharing between individual members of the FPC or between members and non-members of the FPC shall be resolved by the Management Committee in the participatory manner. The Forest Department may aid and facilitate them in this process.

8.3 In case of compounding of an offence as per existing legal provisions, the Divisional Forest Officer can decided to pass the “price” charged for a forest produce to the MC if he is satisfied that the FPC is performing its obligations well and members of the FPC have made significant contribution in apprehending the culprits in a given case.

8.4 In case of protected/reserve or un-classed forest where the system of auctioning grass, fruit, palm leaves etc. to private contractors has been in operations, the FPCs will be given the lease of grass free of cost as the poorest households mostly use these materials. The FPC after meeting the requirements of its members either free or at a cost fixed by it, can sell the same. The removal of NWFP would be done under the supervision of the Department. The revenue from the sale of NWFP will be deposited in the account of FPC and used for forest conservation or common welfare schemes of its members (minimum 50% for forest conservation).

8.5 In case where the Forest Department or other Govt. agencies assist a FPC to get irrigation water either by constructing a dam or installing/renovating a kool system, the initial financial investments shall be made by the Forest Department or the other agency. FPC members should however invariably contribute some voluntary labour for digging of the pipelines etc.

8.6 In case of commercial NWFP produce like “bhabbar” or “baggar” (Eulaliopsis binata), the FPCs will be given the lease of such produce free of cost. The FPC shall invest at least 50% of its income of such produce back into the joint management area for conservation, protection and regeneration of the forest area. Balance 50% will be used for other developmental and welfare activities for the common benefit of its members. However, the local requirement of users of such produce from amongst the members of the FPC will be first satisfied by the FPC before offering any produce for sale to any other agency or for any other purpose. This sale to any other agency will be made only after collection of the produce from forest area. In lieu of the lease, the FPC and the individual members will be expected to take all necessary measures for the protection of the forest and for enhancing the production of the forest produce from such areas.

8.7 In case of produce like timber, bamboo, khair etc. 25% of the revenue obtained by the Punjab Forest Department from auctions/ transfer of lots to Punjab State Forest Development Corporation Ltd. shall be retained by the forest department and given to the FPC as its share in lieu of protection/ assistance in management of assigned forest area. The FPC will invest at least 50% of its share of the income back into the Joint Management area for increasing its productivity. The remaining 50% of share received by the FPC could be used in an appropriate manner for other welfare activity of the FPC members or direct distribution of appropriate share among its members.

9 Other issues :

9.1 The Forest Department will identify suitable entry point/development activities to establish a close and constructive rapport with the village communities. The entry point activities/developmental activities will include suitable location specific non-forestry developmental or welfare activities for the benefit of the local community.

9.2 The working of the MC/FPC will be reviewed at least once a year by the DFO. In case the FPC or the MC fails to perform, the duties and responsibilities envisaged under this resolution, the DFO incharge of the area will be competent to de-recognize the FPC and in such case the FPC or the MC will loose all their rights and shares in respect of forest areas assigned to them. However the MC can appeal to the Conservator of Forests against the orders of DFO and Conservator of

229 Forests may after due consideration pass appropriate orders on such appeal. The orders/decision of the Conservator of Forests will be treated final.

9.3 It is clearly being realized that initiating and consolidating the JFM process will call for radical change in mindset at all levels of hierarchy within the Government setup. This also calls for a change in the way business of the State has been conducted in the traditional mode. It was also require considerable devotion, efforts and time on the part of Forests personnel and as the process of JFM cannot be rushed through, all efforts will be made to provide necessary support and staff to the State Forest Department so that Forest personnel can spend adequate time in motivating, training and interacting with the local communities. 9.4 The FPCs and MCs will essentially function as apolitical bodies in the over all interest of forest conservancy and community welfare especially the welfare of the disadvantage and forest dependent groups. 9.5 JFM requires radically redefining the relationship between Forest Department and local communities. To bring in the attitudinal changes required for JFM and to enhance skills of the Forest Department Staff, there will be need to organize frequent trainings, workshops, field visits to other states etc. The Govt. may provide adequate support for this by providing provision for such trainings and strengthening the training infrastructure within the Forest Department as well as through tie-ups with other suitable agencies. Simultaneously, awareness training for villagers is also equally important so as to educate them about the need for forest conservancy and attitudinal change to regard Government property as their own.

9.6 Wherever FPCs are assigned certain forest areas for protection/management, the current state of forest will be recorded in a participatory manner as a benchmark for future comparison of changes taking place in the area.

9.7 Special care will also be taken to regularly document and record the process of change under JFM: in terms of health of forest, the attitudinal changes of the staff and the community, the problems faced and how they were or are being resolved, the enhancement in skills, confidence and capacities of the people and staff, the lesson learnt through the process and so on. The research and extension wings of the forest department would be strengthened to support the JFM process in the state.

9.8 While it is being envisaged that benefits to local FPCs may be granted from Protected Forests/ Reserve Forests areas or Panchayat forest areas, the FPCs are also expected to help and support the forest department staff in protection and management of other categories of forest areas closed under Land Preservation Act, 1900 (LPA). As the process of JFM takes off, the Government may also regularly review, rationalize and reform the regulation under Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 and update them with the changing times and cirm3stances. 9.9 The Government may award appreciation letters and prizes to the officials and the FPCs which do outstanding work for promotion and success of JFM.

9.10 The Joint Forest Management Programmes will ordinarily be done after a period of two years by Government. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct earlier reviews if the cirm3stances so warrant. 10. Orders : The orders issued from time to time by the Government of India through directions/instructions or other forms of correspondence regarding matters related to Joint Forest Management shall be deemed to be a part of this notification.

Sd/- (P. Ram) Secretary to Govt. Punjab Deptt. of Chandigarh Forests & Wildlife Preservation Dated 17-11-2003

230 ANNEXURE-XVI

DETAIL OF FOREST AREA DIVERTED UNDER FCA 1980 & COMPENSATORY AFFORESTATION

Sr. Sr. G.O.I Name of the Project Category Circle Division Govt. of India Order No. Approval Total Compensatory Code No. No. Date Forest Area Afforestation Diverted

On Forest Land

Area No of Plants Ha. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 114/B 114 Sullage Carrier Sullage FZR FZR 9-436/97 2/3/1998 0.3631 0.363 2470 Carrier 1 2 194/B 194 Div. Of 66 K.V from Bootian Tr. Line FZR FZR 9-593/98-ROC 10/6/1999 0.1458 0.145 430 Wala-Zira 8 3 195/B 195 Div. Of 66 K.V from Bootian Tr. Line FZR FZR 9-586/98-ROC 10/6/1999 0.202 0.202 200 Wala-Kamal Garh 0 4 233/A 233 Laying Optical Fyber Cable OFC FZR FZR 9-849/99-ROC/3331 17/12/99 0.36 0.360 720 of FZR-MKT Road 0 5 294/B 294 Laying Optical Fyber Cable OFC FZR FZR 9-948/2000-ROC/992- 23/6/00 8.1945 8.194 16400 along SH-1800 Talwandi 93 5 Bhai KM 89.5 6 434/B 434 Div of New Dhrand Wala Mr. Canal FZR FZR 9-1416/2002-ROC/506 14/2/00 0.928 0.928 2325 RD 23660-18195R Abohar 0 Branch 7 357/B 357 Moga-Dharamkot At Road FZR FZR 9-1119/2000-ROC 18/6/01 0.0149 0.014 72 V.Fatehgarh Korotana Petrol 9 Pump KM 70-71 R/S 8 Laying Optical Fyber Cable OFC FZR FZR 9-1445/2001-ROC/305 5/3/2001 1.45 1.450 2900 from Talwandi-Fzr 0 9 Laying Optical Fyber Cable OFC FZR FZR FCA/1980/900/26893 26/2/02 3.16 3.160 3160 from Zira-Fzr SH-20 KM. 0- 0 35 10 Laying Optical Fyber Cable OFC FZR FZR FCA/1980/1140/30789 24/3/03 0.59 0.590 1475 FDK-FZR SH-15 KM 19400- 0 32500 11 Laying Optical Fyber Cable OFC FZR FZR FCA/1980/1133/30803 24/3/03 0.9 0.900 2250 Harike-Zira NH-15 KM. 166- 0 186 12 Div.0.145 Ha. Forest Land for Tr. Line FZR FZR FCA/9-1027/00- 11/6/2003 0.145 0.145 330 66 K.V Fattanwala-Jhariwala ROC/781 0

13 Div. 0.1836 Ha. Forest Land Tr. Line FZR FZR FCA/9-1351/01- 15/7/03 0.1836 0.183 459 for Construction of 66 K.V ROC/914 6 Thatha Sahib-Fateh Garh Sabhrao Line 14 Div. 0.0200 Ha. Forest Land Road FZR FZR FCA/9-1943/04- 3/3/2004 0.02 0.020 140 for Approach Road to Retail ROC/526 0 Outlet on Along Abohar- Ganganagar Road KM. 368- 69 L/S 15 Div. 0.0225 Ha. Forest Land Road FZR FZR FCA/9-1953/03-ROC/ 12/3/2004 0.0225 0.022 57 for Approach Road to Retail 5 Outlet on Along Ferozepur Fazilka Road KM 55-56 L/S

231 16 Div. 0.01202 Ha. (Revised Road FZR FZR FCA/9-1922/03- 16/3/04 0.038 0.038 95 0.0380 Ha.) of Forest Land ROC/632 0 for Approach Road to Retail Outlet on Abohar-Ganganagar Road KM 30-31 R/S

17 Div. 0.0197 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-1987/04-ROC/ 16/3/04 0.0197 0.019 53 Land for Approach Road to 7 Retail Outlet Vill. Jattanwali on Ferozepur-Fazilka Road KM 81-82

18 Div. 0.0234 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-1982/04- 17/3/04 0.0234 0.023 200 Land for Approach Road to ROC/677 4 Retail Outlet on Malout- Ganganagar Road KM 39-40 R/S 19 Div. 0.0324 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-1927/04- 17/3/04 0.0324 0.032 240 Land for Approach Road to ROC/667 4 Retail Outlet Makhu-Zira Road KM 171-172 L/S

20 Div. 0.0021 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-1995/03- 22/3/04 0.0021 0.002 6 Land for Approach Road to ROC/772 1 Retail Outlet on Nukerian- Roranwali Road

21 Div. 0.87 Ha. of Forest Land Road FZR FZR FCA/9-1997/04- 22/3/04 0.87 0.870 2940 for Raising Strengthening of ROC/808 0 Abohar-Usman Khera Road KM. 367.360-370 , NH-15

22 Div. 0.0377 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-2046/04- 19/4/04 0.0377 0.037 98 Land for Approach Road to ROC/1140 7 Retail Outlet L.F.Road KM. 93-94 R/S Vill. Lalley

23 Div. 1.6164 Ha. of Forest H.Project FZR FZR FCA/9-1994/04- 19/4/04 1.6164 1.616 4140 Land for Proposed Hydel ROC/1143 4 Project at Site Gurdittiwala RD 55413 on Ferozepur Feeder 24 Div. 0.0220 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-2106/04- 29/4/04 0.022 0.022 55 Land for Approach Road to ROC/1254 0 Retail Outlet Vill. Ladhuwala on Jalalabad Muktsar Road KM Stone No. 12

25 Div. 0.0150 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-2092/04- 29/4/04 0.015 0.015 140 Land for Approach Road to ROC/1275 0 Retail Outlet Vill. Ghanga khurd on Jalalabad-Muktsar Road KM Stone No. 18

26 Div. 0.0223 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-2111/04- 27/4/04 0.0223 0.022 120 Land for Approach Road to ROC/1201 3 Retail Outlet Vill. Valoor on Zira-Ferozepur Road KM. 24- 25 L/S 27 Div. 0.0164 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-2175/04- 20/4/04 0.0164 0.016 120 Land for Approach Road to ROC1447 4 Retail Outlet Vill. Karma Ferozepur-Mamdot Road KM 17-18 L/S 28 Div. 0.0240 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-2165/04- 26/5/04 0.024 0.024 60 Land for Approach Road to ROC/320 0 Retail Outlet On F.F.Road KM. 82-84 L/S

232 29 Div. 0.0119 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-2234/04- 29/6/04 0.0119 0.011 30 Land for Approach Road to ROC/467 9 Retail Outlet On Vill. Mallanwala Ferozepur- Makhu Road KM. 18-19 R/S

30 Div. Of 0.0312 Ha. Of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-2239/04-ROC/ 6/7/2004 0.0312 0.031 250 Land for Approach Road to 2 institute of Dental Science and Resurch run by Shaheed Dr. Anil Baghi Society on L.F.Road KM 115-16 R/S

31 Div. 0.0249 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-2238/04- 6/7/2004 0.0249 0.024 120 Land for Approach Road to ROC/578 9 Retail Outlet Vill. Lakhoke Behram Ferozepur-Fazilka Road KM. 20-21 L/S

32 Div. 0.0293 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-2167/04- 4/8/2004 0.0293 0.029 270 Land for Approach Road to ROC/691 3 Retail Outlet Vill. Panchan Wali Malout-Fazilka Road KM. 46-47 L/S

33 Div. 0.0093 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-2331/04- 13/9/04 0.0093 0.009 24 Land for Approach Road to CHA/916 3 Retail Outlet Vill. Guruhar Sahai Sadiq Road KM. 5-6 L/S 34 Div. 0.0340 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-2410/04- 9/11/2004 0.034 0.034 85 Land for Approach Road to CHA/1178 0 Retail Outlet Vill. Ghallu on Abohar-Fazilka Road KM. 390-391 L/S 35 Div. of 0.0216 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9 -1945/2003/6/6-07 12/3/2004 0.0216 0.021 230 Outlet at Abohar Ganga 6 Nagar Road K.ilmetre 398- 399 R/s 36 Permission for Laying Optical OFC FZR FZR FCA/1980/1955/22863- 3/1/2005 0.75 0.7500 0 Fyber Cable from Khuikhera 65 Dt.3.1.05 to Ladoke (0-25 L/S) (0.75 Ha.) 37 Permission for Laying Optical OFC FZR FZR FCA/1980/1954/22869- 3/1/2005 0.9 0.9000 0 Fyber Cable from Jalalabad- 73 Dt.3.1.05 Guruharsahai (0-30 L/S) (0.90 Ha.)

38 Permission for Laying Optical OFC FZR FZR FCA/1980/1956/22994- 3/1/2005 0.51 0.5100 0 Fyber Cable from Ladhuwala- 99 Dt.3.1.05 Jalalabad on Muktsar- Jalalabad (12-29 R/S) (0.51 Ha.) 39 Permission for Laying Optical OFC FZR FZR FCA/1980/1958/23001- 3/1/2005 0.36 0.3600 0 Fyber Cable from Zira- 05 Dt.3.1.05 Talwandibhai (187-199 L/S) (0.36 Ha.)

40 Permission for Laying Optical OFC FZR FZR FCA/1980/1957/22988- 3/1/2005 0.54 0.5400 0 Fyber Cable from Ladhuka- 92 Dt.3.1.05 Jalalabad (KM 52-70) L/S 0.54 Ha.

41 Div. 0.0355 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-2441/04- 25/1/05 0.0355 0.0355 90 Land for Approach Road to CHA/338 Retail Outlet at Noorpur Sethan on Fzr-Fdk Road KM. 26-27 R/S , SH-15 , Distt. Ferozepur.

233 42 Div. 0.0914 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-052/05- 1/3/2005 0.0914 0.0914 1170 Land for Approach Road to CHA/1056 Retail Outlet Pathankot- Abohar Road KM.181-182 L/S Vill. Shahzada Sant Singh Distt. Ferozepur. 43 Div. 0.1004 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-075/05- 11/3/2005 0.1004 0.1004 251 Land for Approach Road to CHA/1205 Retail Outlet Vill. Madhre on Fzr-Hussainiwala Road NH- 95 KM.126-127 R/S Distt.Ferozepur.

44 Div. 0.1354 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-154/05- 21/3/05 0.1354 0.1354 339 Land for Approach Road to CHA/1318 Retail Outlet Vill. Madhre on Fzr-Hussainiwala Road KM.127-128 L/S

45 Div. 0.1121 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-051/05- 29/3/05 0.1121 0.1121 280 Land for Approach Road to CHA/1537 Retail Outlet on Abohar- Malout Road KM.371-372 , NH.10 R/S at Vill.Gobindgarh. 46 Div. 0.0141 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-133/05- 30/3/05 0.0141 0.0141 36 Land for Approach Road to CHA/1587 Retail Outlet Vill. Rasoolpur on Makhu-Kotisekhan Road KM.2-3 L/S Distt. FZR.

47 Div. 0.0380 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-173/05- 31/3/05 0.038 0.0380 95 Land for Approach Road to CHA/1640 Retail Outlet Vill. Khilchi Qadim Ferozepur-Fazilka Road KM 3-4 R/S

48 Div. 0.0085 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-211/05- 19/4/05 0.0085 0.0085 28 Land for Approach Road to CHA/1942 Retail Outlet Vill. Asifwala on Makhu-Mallanwala Road Near Bus Stand.

49 Div. 0.1114 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-210/05- 19/4/05 0.1114 0.1114 279 Land for Approach Road to CHA/1972 Retail Outlet Vill. Sekhwan on Abohar-Pathankot Road K,M 196-197 L/S , NH-15

50 Div. 0.0256 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-128/05- 19/4/05 0.0256 0.0256 64 Land for Approach Road to CHA/1933 Retail Outlet Vill. Satiyanwala on Ferozepur Road KM 28-29 R/S 51 Div. 0.0088 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-186/05- 26/4/05 0.0088 0.0088 22 Land for Approach Road to CHA/2101 Retail Outlet Vill. Vajidpur Bhoma K.M 0-1 L/S

52 Div. 0.0879 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-197/05- 28/4/05 0.0879 0.0879 450 Land for Approach Road to CHA/2224 Retail Outlet Pathankot- Abohar Road KM 189-190 L/S NH-15 Vill Lehri Rohi

234 53 Div. 0.0234 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-202/05- 28/4/05 0.0234 0.0234 59 Land for Approach Road to CHA/2200 Retail Outlet Vill. Karikalan Ferozepur-Fazilka Road KM.18-19 R/S 54 Div. 0.0280 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-237/05- 17/5/05 0.028 0.0280 90 Land for Approach Road to CHA/2639 Retail Outlet Vill. Raipura Abohar-Dabhwali Road KM. 8-9 L/S 55 Div. 0.0086 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-2462/04- 17/5/05 0.0086 0.0086 22 Land for Approach Road to CHA/2651 Retail Outlet Vill. Mohre on Shamsingh Wala-Sadiq Road KM. 0-1 L/S 56 Div. 0.1008 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB-2852/05- 13/6/05 0.1008 0.1008 252 Land for Approach Road to CHA/2995 Retail Outlet Vill. Ferozeshah, Ferozepur- Ludhiana Road KM.103-104 R/S NH-95 57 Div. 0.0199 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB 438/2005- 13/9/05 0.0199 0.2000 200 Land for approach road to CHA/4363 retail outlet of BPC Ltd, at Vill. Kheowali Dhab, Fazilka- Hindumalkot road Km. 16-17 R/s

58 Div. 0.0247 Ha. of Forest Road FZR FZR FCA/9-PBB446/ 26/9/05 0.0247 0.0620 62 Land for approach road to 2005/CHA/ retail outlet of BPC Ltd, at 4579 Vill. Amirkhas, Ferozepur- Jalalabad Road Km. 49-50 R/s 59 Div. of 0.0199 Ha. For retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB534/ 25/10/05 0.0199 0.0500 50 outlet vill. Fallian Wala on 2005/ 4994 JBD-MKT road Km 25-26 L/s 60 Div. of 0.0227 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB595/ 21/11/05 0.0227 0.0700 70 land for retail outlet vill. 2005/5495 Jogewala JLD-Makhu Road, KM 66-67 L/s

61 Div. of 0.0250 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB595/ 28/10/05 0.025 0.0630 63 land for retail outlet vill. 2005/5048 Saranwali on Mudki-Misri Wala Road 11-12-R/s

62 Div. of 0.0586 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB530/ 5/12/2005 0.0586 0.0210 21 land for retail outlet vill. 5891 Mahantan Wala on Chak Jamalgarh Road KM 0-1 L/s

63 Div. of 0.0069 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB579/ 21/12/05 0.0069 0.0170 17 land for retail outlet vill. 2005/20F Panjkosi-Danewala Road KM 0-1 R/s 64 Div. of 0.0067 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB681/ 27/12/05 0.0067 0.0170 17 land for retail outlet vill. 2005/122F Bagheke Pippal on Chugatte Wala FZR Road KM 8-9 R/S

65 Div. of 0.0067 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB61/ 30/11/05 0.0067 0.0170 17 land for retail outlet vill. Thhe 2005/5746 Gujjar on Thhe Gujjan-Sham Singh Wala Road KM 9-10 R/S

235 66 Div. of 0.0254 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB625/ 23/11/05 0.0254 0.1800 180 land for retail outlet vill. 2005/5688 Gardi Wala on Zira-FZR road KM 2-3 R/S 67 Div. of 0.0206 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB700/ 21/12/05 0.0206 0.1000 100 land for retail outlet vill. Killi 2005/6177 on FZR-FZK Road KM 17-18 L/S 68 Div. of 0.0937 Ha. retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/518/ 2005 20-10-05 0.0937 0.2340 234 outlet village Gumjal on CHA 4951 Abohar-Ganganagar road KM 34-35 L/s 69 Div. of 0.0857 Ha. retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 2003/ CHA 7/11/2005 0.0857 0.2140 214 outlet village Gumjal on 5259 Abohar-Ganganagar road KM 34-35 L/s 70 Div of 0.0893 Ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 22-11-05 0.0893 0.2100 210 outlet village Mouzgarh on 453/ 2005/ CHA/ 5482 Abohar-Gangarnagar Road KM 20-21 L/s 71 Div of 0.0254 Ha. Retail Road FZR FZR PBB-625/2005/ 23/11/05 0 0.0000 0 outlet at village Gadri wala on CHA/5688 Zira-FZR road KM 2-3 R/s 72 Div. of 0.0328 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9 PBB 350/2005/3610 22/07/05 0.0328 0.0820 82 Outlet at Vill. Talwandi Nepala on Abohar Pathankot Road K.ilmetre 167-168 R/s

73 Div of0.0066 ha. Retail outlet Road FZR FZR 9 PBB 269/2005 CHA 18/11/05 0.0066 0.0150 15 on V. Halim Wala muktsar 5410 road Kilometre 11-12 L/s 74 Div of 0.0120 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9 PBB 2468/2004 CHA 15/12/05 0.0120 0.0300 30 outlet on V. Chak Dhumar 6062 Near Jalalabad on Chak Lakho Wali Road K.M. 10-12 L/s 75 Div. of 0.0206 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB086/ 22/2/06 0.0206 0.0520 52 land for retail outlet vill. Chak 2005/682 Megha Viran on FZR-FZK Road KM 32-33 R/S

76 Div. of 0.0133 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB071/ 2/2/2006 0.0133 0.1000 100 land for retail outlet vill. 2006/482 Attari on FZR-Makhu Road KM 7-8 R/S 77 Div. of 0.0158 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB003/ 24/1/06 0.0158 0.0800 80 land for retail outlet vill. 2006/339 Bottian Wala on Zira-Mallan Wala Road KM 3-4 L/S

78 Div. of 0.0217 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB830/ 23/1/06 0.0217 0.0600 60 land for retail outlet vill. 2005/360 Mehrajpur on Malout- Ganganagar Road KM 22-23 L/S 79 Div. of 0.0243 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB029/ 8/2/2006 0.0243 0.1500 150 land for retail outlet vill. 2006/654 Bakain wala on Abohar- Hindumal Kot Road KM 26- 27 R/S 80 Div. of 0.0071 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB0201/ 17/3/06 0.0071 0.0180 18 land for retail outlet at vill. 2006/7677 Sodhi Wala on Sodhi Wala- Tara Singh Road KM 3-4 R/S

236 81 Div. of 0.0055 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB0313/ 25/4/06 0.0055 0.0140 14 land for retail outlet at vill. 2006/720 Lakha Hazi Ke Road on Pojoki Khai Femeke Road

82 Div. of 0.0053 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB0267/ 6/6/2006 0 0.0000 0 land for retail outlet at vill. 2006/1570 Panjkosi on Panj kosi0 killian wali road R/s

83 Div. of 0.0373 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB309/ 5/6/2006 0.0373 0.1200 120 land for retail outlet at vill. 2006/1481 Bhadur Singh Wala on FZR- Makhu Road 84 Div. of 0.0055 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB553/ 21/6/06 0.0055 0.0120 12 land for retail outlet at vill. 2006/2025 Mallan Wala on Zira- Mallanwala Road KM 19-20 R/S 85 Div. of 0.0126 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB512/ 21/6/06 0.0126 0.0400 40 land for retail outlet at vill. 2006/2020 Arafke on FZR-Makhu Road KM 16-17 R/S

86 Div. of 0.0059 Ha. Forest Road FZR FZR 9-PBB392/ 31/5/06 0 0.0000 0 land for retail outlet at vill. 2006/1313 Thatha Nishan Singh Wala on Narang Singh Wala Makhu Road KM 1-2 L/S

87 Div. of 0.0120 Ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/2468 CHA 6062 15-12-06 0.012 0.0300 30 outlet village Chak Dhumal Jalalabad, Chak Lakhowali Road 88 Div of 0.0059 Ha. retail outlet Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 380/ 2006 22-6-06 0.0059 0.0150 15 village Ghallu on Ghallu- CHA/ 2108 Islam wala road 89 Div of 0.0223 ha. retail outlet Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/357/ 2006 27-6-06 0.0223 0.1200 120 village Patterian Wala on CHA/ 218 Abohar-Hindumal Kot Road 90 Div of 36.580 Ha. for Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 409/ 2006 5/10/2006 36.58 73.160 73160 upgradation of FZR-FZK CHA 4438 0 road KM 2-85 B/s 91 Div of 0.0067 Ha. for retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 758/ 2006/ 14-8-06 0.0067 0.0170 17 outlet village Chugatte Wala CHA/ 3483 on Sher Khan road 92 Div of 0.0066 Ha. for retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 658/ 2006/ 1/8/2006 0.0066 0.0170 17 outlet Usman Khera CHA/ 3023

93 Div of 0.033 Ha. for retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 719/ 2006 10/8/2006 0.033 0.0090 9 outlet village Kiker Khera on CHA/ 3303 Kandh Wala road 94 Div of 0.0066 ha. For retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 714/ 2006/ 4/8/2006 0.0066 0.0170 17 outlet Jorki Andhe Wali CHA/ 3119

95 Div of 0.0224 ha. for retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 844/ 2006/ 7/9/2006 0.0224 0.0560 56 outlet village Kheo Wali CHA/ 5618 Dhab 96 Div of ……………….. ha. Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 537/ 2006/ 27-6-06 0 0.0000 0 for retail outlet village Panje CHA/ 2171 Ke Uttar

237 97 Div of 0.0206 ha. for retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 340/ 2006/ 27-6-06 0.0206 0.0520 52 outlet village Wassal Mohan CHA/ 2166 Ke

98 Div of 0.0208 ha. for retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 544/ 2006/ 28-6-06 0 0.0000 0 outlet village JBD on FZK CHA/ 2233 road 99 Div of 0.0066 ha. for retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 592/ 17-7-06 0.0066 0.0170 17 outlet village Ramkot on 2006/CHA/ 2623 Ramkot-Hazamwala Road 100 Div of 0.0066 ha. for retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 593/ 2006/ 17-7-06 0.0066 0.0170 17 outlet village Kandhwala on CHA/ 2625 Hazirkhan road 101 Div of …………………. ha. Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 1054/ 2006/ 17-11-06 0.0206 0.0280 28 retail outlet village CHA/ 5939 Wazidpur Bhoma on Abohar-Shangharia road 102 Div of 0.0237 ha. retail outlet Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 653/ 2006/ 28-7-06 0.0237 0.0300 30 village Lallo wala on FZR- CHA 2969 FZK road KM 78-79 L/s 103 Div of 0.0086 ha. retail outlet Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 933/ 2006/ 30-10-06 0.0086 0.0220 22 village Dulcheke on Palla CHA/ 5282 Megha road 104 Div of 0.1000 Retail outlet Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 1090/ 2006/ 29-12-06 0.1 0.2500 250 village Gobindgarh on CHA/ 7116 Malout-Abohar road 105 Div of 0.481 Retail outlet Road FZR FZR 9-PBB/ 717/ 2006/ 9/8/2006 0.481 0.1200 120 village Islam Wala on CHA/ 3365 Malout-Fazilka road 106 Div of 0.0208 Ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB- 28/6/06 0.0208 0.0520 52 outlet village Jalalabad on 544/2006CHA2233 Fazilka-FZR road KM 50-850 107 Div. of 0.0066 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9 PBB 537/2006 CHA 27/06/06 0.0066 0.0170 17 Outlet at Vill. Panjeke Uttar 2171 on Geva Rai Road Kilometre 1-92 R/s 108 Div of 0.00659 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9 PBB 392/2006 CHA 31/05/06 0.059 0.0150 15 outlet on V. Thatha Kisan 1313 Singh Wala on Narang Singh Wala Road K.M. 1-2 L/s

109 Div of 0.1221 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9 PBB 686/2006 15/11/06 0.1221 0.2400 240 outlet on V. Bandni Jaimal CHA/5950 Singh Wala on Ldh. Ferozepur Road K.M 110- 111 R/s

110 Div of 0.0053 ha of Forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB267/2006 6/6/2006 0.0053 0.0140 14 land to Retail outlet at v. CHA/1570 Panjkosi on Killian wali road 111 Div of 0.0086 Ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9-803/2006 ROC/925 29/1/07 0.0086 0.2500 250 outlet at village Bakain wala on Bakain wala-Dane wala Chowk KM 27-28 L/s

112 Div of 0.0181 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB809/ 2006/ 15/3/07 0.0181 0.2500 250 outlet at village Dane Wala CHA/ 2632 Chowk on Dane Wala-Fazilka road 113 Div of 0.0077 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9-PBB1117/ 2006/ 15/3/07 0.0077 0.0200 20 outlet village Raian Wala CHA/ 2619 (Mohkam Raian) Raian Wala road

238 114 Div of 0.095 ha. Retail outlet Road FZR FZR PBB- 1295/ 2006/ 19/2/07 0 0.0000 0 at village Panjkosi on Khuian CHA/1557 Servar Panjkosi Road 115 Div of 0.0066 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9 PBB-071/2007 CHA 30/03/07 0.0066 0.0170 17 outlet at village Khui Kehera 2846 on waryam Khera Road 116 Div of 5.72 ha. Of Forest land Road FZR FZR 9PBC 059/2007 4/6/2007 5.72 11.440 11440 Rehabitiation of Dharmkot to CHA/5352 0 Zira Road RD 1579 to 59-16 B/s

117 Div of0.0086 ha. Retail outlet Road FZR FZR 9 PBB 125/2007 21/03/07 0.0086 0.0220 22 of V. Acharikiam Achasiki CHA/2819 To Bhagpur Road 118 Div of 0.0095 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9 PBB 1295/2006 CHA 19/02/07 0.0095 0.0300 30 outlet on V. Panjkosi on 1557 khuiya Server Panjkosi Road 119 Div of 0.0821 ha. Retail Road FZR FZR 9 PBB 1140/2006 13/06/07 0.0821 0.2050 205 outlet on V. Gidderan wala CHA/5621 on Abohar Ganganagar Road K.M. 380-81 L/s

120 Div of 0.0231 ha. For setting Road FZR FZR 9 PBB 1227/2006 8/8/2007 0.0231 0.3000 300 up brewery Project at Vill. CHA/7372 Ghallo on Abhohar Fazilka Road 121 Div. of 0.2242 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB665/2007 9/24/2007 0.2242 1.7900 1790 land for Const. of high level CHA/9440/ bridge single space 800 mt on panjawa distry Km 383.200

122 Div of 0.006565 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB078/2007 3/7/2008 0.006515 0.1300 130 land retail outlet at vill. CHA/17530 Shergarh on Dalian wala road Km 2-3 R/s 123 Div of 0.048312 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB056/2008 2/19/2008 0.048312 0.1210 121 land retail outlet at v. Basti CHA/1377 Pathan wali on Mamdot FZR road L/s

124 Div of 0.077031 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB056/2008 4/10/2008 0.077031 0.1930 193 land retail outlet at v. CHA/3210 Daloutpur on ABH-GNR road 125 Div of 0.008544 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB056/2008 4/29/2008 0.008544 0.0220 22 land retail outlet at v. Gumjal CHA/3701 on ABH-GNR road L/s 126 Div of 0.007659 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB056/2008 6/16/2008 0.007659 0.0200 20 land retail outlet at v. CHA/5213 Ranjitgarh on GHS-MKT road L/s 127 287 287 Div of 1.230 ha of forest land Road FZR FZR 9PBB287/2008 7/30/2008 1.230 3.3400 3340 of DMK-Zira FZR road RD CHA/6306 24.70 to 59.16 128 120 120 Div of 0.8135 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB120/2008 4/29/2008 0.8135 2.0340 2034 land for Const. of ROB at CHA/3641 crossing NO. B-48 on ABH- Hanumangarh road Km 2.00

129 183 183 Div of 0.0224 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB183/2008 9/18/2008 0.0224 0.2400 240 land retail outlet at v. CHA/7709 Killianwala on ABH- Hindumal kot road Km 8-9 L/s

239 130 178 178 Div of 0.008543 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB178/2008 5/19/2008 0.008543 0.0220 22 land retail outlet at v. CHA/4166 Rampura on Rampura-Kular L/R road Km L/s

131 214 214 Div of 0.006547 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB214/2008 5/13/2008 0.006547 0.0170 17 land retail outlet at v. CHA/4133 Rampura on Rampura-Kular road Km 0-1 L/s

132 349 349 Div of 0.4926 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB349/2008 8/26/2008 0.4926 0.1232 123.2 land for const. temporary road CHA/7051 and canal diversion for const. of H/L Bridge over south distry NH-10 ABH-FZK at RD 399.550 133 333 333 Div of 1.480 ha of forest land Road FZR FZR 9PBB333/2008 9/18/2008 1.480 11.440 11440 in favour of PWD for const.of CHA/7679 0 ROB No. L-40 at KM 383.80 of NH 10 sec ABH-FZK on New BG Railway Line ABH- FZK road 134 350 350 Div of 1.200 ha of forest land Road FZR FZR 9PBB350/2008 9/4/2008 1.200 8.2400 8240 for const.of ROB No. L-10 at CHA/7366 KM 375.35 of NH 10 sec ABH-FZK on New BG Railway Line ABH-FZK road

135 372 372 Div of 0.006565 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB372/2008 8/27/2008 0.006565 0.0170 17 land retail outlet at vill. CHA/7115 Halimwal on Halimwala- Rorranwali road R/s

136 501 501 Div of 0.013594 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB501/2008 8/29/2008 0.013594 0.0340 34 land retail outlet at vill. CHA/9460 Sekhwan on Talwandi-Zira road Km 193-443 R/s

137 121 121 Div of 0.0344 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB121/2009 10/6/2009 0.0344 0.0460 46 land retail outlet at v. Behak CHA/5506 Gujjran on PTK-ABH road Km 177-178 L/s

138 25 25 Div of 0.4160 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB025/2009 11/16/2009 0.4160 0.2300 230 land in favour of PWD for CHA/6190 const. of ROB A.88 CH 85 to 85.650 section FZR-FZK road

139 438 438 Div of 0.0531 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB438/2008 2/5/2009 0.0531 0.2100 210 land in favour of Sahid CHA/635 Bhagat Singh Education & Welfare Society for Const. of passage to Nursing college at vill. Sodhewala on FZR- Malwal road 140 935 935 Div of 0.143195 ha (instead Road FZR FZR 9PBB935/2006 2/5/2009 0.143195 0.3570 357 of 0.124175 ha) of forest CHA/676-80 land retail outlet at vill. Ratta Khera Punjab Singh wala on FZR-Moga road Km 109-110 Rs/ 141 115 115 Div. of 0.029242 ha (instead Road FZR FZR 9PBB115/2010 4/9/2010 0.015535 0.7300 730 of 0.015535 ha) of forest land CHA/1007 for const. of approach road to retail outlet of IOCL at vill. Abohar Hindumal Kot road Km 0-3 L/s

240 142 116 116 Div. of 0.010793 ha (instead Road FZR FZR 9PBB116/2010 4/9/2010 0.00760 0.2700 270 of 0.00760 ha) of forest land CHA/1013 for const. of approach road to retail outlet of IOCL at vill. Koharean wali on Jhumerian wali to Kundal road L/s

143 158 158 Div. of 0.4 ha of forest land in Road FZR FZR 9PBB158/2010 7/23/2010 0.4 2.3000 2300 favour of PWD for const. of CHA/2920 ROB No. L-40 at Km 383.80 of NH 10 sec ABH-FZK on New Railway line ABH-FZK road 144 628 628 Div. of 0.004547 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB628/2010 12/10/2010 0.004547 0.0120 12 land for approach road to CHA/3173 retail outlet at vill Gobindgarh Panni on ABH-MKT road Km 10-11 L/s

145 372 372 Div of 0.03314 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB372/2010 9/2/2010 0.03314 0.0830 83 land for approach road to CHA/3510 retail outlet of HPCL M/s HPCL vill Tibbi Khurd on Mamdot road Km 14-15 R/s

146 570 570 Div. of 0.128224 ha (instead Road FZR FZR 9PBB570/2010 1/19/2011 0.110842 0.3200 320 of 0.110842 ha) of forest land CHA/757 for const. of approach road to retail outlet at vill. Beganwali Abohar Fazilka road NH 10 Km stone 401.358 Abohar Hindumal Kot road Km 0-3 L/s 147 787 787 Div of 0.011752 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB787/2010 3/4/2011 0.011752 0.0290 29 land retail outlet at vill. CHA/1935 Jandwala Hanuwanta on Jandwala Hanuwanta to Kaller Khera road Km 0-1 L/s

148 759 759 Div of 0.082522 ha (instead Road FZR FZR 9PBB759/2010 3/17/2011 0.118413 0.2060 206 of 0.118413 ha) of forest land CHA/2338 retail outlet at vill. Behak khas on FZK-JBD road Km 74-75 L/s 149 704 704 Div of 0.03620 ha (instead of Road FZR FZR 9PBB704/2010 3/31/2011 0.037250 0.0900 90 0.037250 ha) of forest land CHA/2781 retail outlet at vill. Peer Mohamad on Kot Ise Khan to Makhu road MS31 L/s SH 19

150 107 107 Div of 0.010158 ha of forest Road FZR FZR 9PBB107/2011 3/8/2011 0.010158 0.0250 25 land retail outlet at vill. CHA/1950 Gumjal on Abohar-Gananagar Panniwala road Km 0-1 R/s

151 223 223 Div of 0.004351 ha (instead Road FZR FZR 9PBB223/2011 6/1/2011 0.008052 0.0110 11 of 0.008052 ha) of forest land CHA/4949 retail outlet at vill. Seragarh on Seragarh to Dailyawali road Km 1 L/s

66.40 145.35 167888.20

241 ANNUEXRE-XVII

Set of inter Department Rules for guidance in the management of the Canal Plantation by the Forest Department.

1. Land to be placed at the disposal of the forest Department. All Lands whether under tree growth or not, at headwork's to the Forest Department, being the properly of the irrigation Branch and not used by them will be placed at eh disposal of the Forest Department for the production of firewood and timber. Lands at present leased out for temporary cultivation under the "Grow More Food" campaign will be taken up for afforestation until the period of their current leases expires.

2. Budgeting for expenditures: This is a matter for the Forest Department. It is understood that proper provision will be made for such items as lopping branches of plantation trees which overhang canal roadway or channels.The Forest Department with the Budget, keep a counting and mark adjustments of revenue with the I.B as the unit but will also keep supplementary accounts by canal circles for the information of the officers of the I.B.

3. Division of Surplus Revenue between the Two Departments. All the Canals transferred will be treated as one unit for the purpose of adjustment of surplus revenue (B) will be deducted all expenditure (E) incurred by the Forest Department on the management and development of Canal plantation e.g. all items in Band C heads of the Forest Budget dealing with Canal plantation plus proportionate cost of establishment. Separately on Canal plantation and surplus (B.E.S) will be adjusted in the ratio 1:1 between the I.B and Forest Department.

242 4 Control of land The land and the plantations will be continue to be the property of the department. If the earth required for Canal repair will continue to be obtained without reference to the Forest Officer from wherever necessary, but with as little damage to the plantations as possible.

5. Water required for irrigation Water for the irrigation of the plantations will be provided free of charge by the irrigation Department and necessary out lets will be provided wherever required. The cost of the out lets will be debited to the plantations through the Forest Department.

6. Fuels for the Canal Staff and Officers. Indents for the fire wood will be made by the Divisional Canal Officer half yearly on the first April and first Oct. on receipt of the Forest Officer will set aside a sufficient number of suitable trees convenient sites as adjacent as possible to the places at which the supplies are required. All arrangements for felling, cutting, splitting, carriage etc. including preparation of charcoal, will be made by canal authority. In case, however, this method of providing fuel should prove unsuitable in any particular case either arrangement should be made by mutual agreement between Divisional Canal and Forest Officers. For the supplies to the staff royalty will be charged at the rates fixed by the irrigation department. At the end of each month the Divisional Forest Officer will send XEN for his verification and returns statement showing the details of the trees marked and handed over to him in that particular month.

7. Stakes and Timber required for Canal Works. When ever brushwood stakes and timber are required for Canal works the Divisional Canal will apply to the Divisional Forest Officer giving him the necessary particulars and the Divisional Forest Officer giving him the necessary particulars and the letter will arrange to mark suitable trees at the nearest convenient sites. In case there is no response within fifteen days form the Divisional Forest Officer to the indent placed by the Canal Officer for wood

243 required for Canal works, the Divisional Canal Officer may take charge of the wood and infirm the divisional Forest Officer concerned accordingly. The cost of the above forest produce will be adjusted rates to be mutually fixed by the chief conservator of Forests and Chief Engineer from time to time. In case of urgency, the Canal sub Divisional officer may write to the Divisional Forest Officer or in special case to the range Officer. When immediately action to ensure the safety of Canal works is necessary and the regular procedure can not be followed, to canal Officers may select and fell the trees themselves and inform the divisional or the Range Forest Officer concerned. At the end of each month the divisional Forest Officer will send to the executive Engineer for his verification and return a statement showing the details of trees marked and handed over to him in that particular month.

8. Shade Line Special attention will be paid by the forest department to the maintenance and improvement of the Shade line. No shade line will be felled until the adjoining strip is taken up for felling where such strips exist, but dead and dangerous trees may be felled by time. Felling will be so arranged that the area to be felled over in one year in continuous length over which fallings will take place during a period of 5 years the time taken to grow new trees big enough to give adequate shade will be not more than 10 miles. In felling the shade line all young trees up to 8" diameter if well grown will be left, at an average spacing of 6 per for long 110 feet a part on an average, and this will be best grown and viperous trees: all reasonably vigorous mango trees will be retained.

9 Distance of the shade / line or edge of plantation from motor road. It is necessary to prevent the shade line or other trees on the edge of a plantation from being planted too near the edge of the road. Trees should wherever possible be planted at a distance of 25 feet from the toe of daule. Where the available width of the land is such that a shade line, if planted would have to be nearer 25 feet of the daula, The Divisional Forest officer will decide whether to plant or not. Wherefore any reason it appears desirable to the shade line more than 25 feet away from tow of the daula, the Divisional Forest Officer on will also consult

244 the Executive Engineer, before decided whether to plant. Although it is desirable that trees should not ,where possible, be neared than this they should not normally he removed until the area is due for felling under the regular felling schemes or programme. 10. Control of Establishment. The Forest Department will be responsible for the staff required and the control of the Forest Establishment will remain entirely with the Divisional Forest Officer, the staff of both departments will endeavor to co-operate in every possible way in the interest of Govt. work. 11 Transport of seeds, plants, tools etc. When felling take place along the side the Canal side road. Where no other practicable route exists the Canal cart road may be used foe export produce. The Divisional Forest officer will decide for each contracts as early as possible in the season, before felling are to tale place that route should be used for import, and this will be laid down in the sale list and agreement deed after confirmation by the executive Engineer, when the canal cart roads used contractors will not be charged for repairs. When felling take place along the side of the meter road, where a practicable alternative road does not exist the Divisional Forest Officer will obtain in the written permission of the Executing Engineer, for the canal meter road to be used for the export of the forest produce. Where forest contractors use and damage the motor road, whether in the reach for which permission has been obtained or elsewhere they will pay for the necessary repairs up use of the motor road is necessary, a clause to the above effect will be entered in the sale list and agreement deed. The forest Department may use the Canal roads for the transport of seeds, plants, tools etc. and will as possible as convey these along the Canal road, where such exists. On the motor road transport of such material shall be limited to two consignments in any section during the rains, and as far as possible transport shall be avoided for three days of 12 Occupation of Canal Rest House by Forest Staff. The Gazatted Forest Officers will avail the same privileges as the Gazetted Canal Officers with regard to the occupation of canal Rest Houses, but will ordinarily obtain prior permission to occupy any particular one. The Forest ranges Officers will be allowed privileges.

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