The Jharkhand forest department has taken up a novel move to check deforestation by providing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) connection in the villages with subsidy.
The villagers of these forests used to collect wood from the reserve forest areas for cooking purposes.
The state government initiated the scheme in the villages of the wildlife inhabited areas to check illegal felling of trees in the forest.
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According to a source of the state forest department, the forest wealth especially saal trees reduced 50 per cent within last 10 years due to illegal felling.
According to this scheme the villagers can take LPG connection paying 25 per cent of the amount required for the connection and the balance to be borne by the government.
The field officers of the forest department have been entrusted to move in the villages explaining the benefit of the scheme and consequences of deforestation.