Bawankule reviews zudpi jungle land required for devpt
* Total 495 claims of individual forest rights and 125 claims of community forest rights approved by district-level committee By Kartik Lokhande Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Energy Minister and Guardian Minister of district, took stock of various developmental works in the district and requirement of zudpi jungle land ffor the same. He assured to strive for getting zudpi jungle land. Bawankule chaired a meeting of District-level Forest Rights Committee at Abasaheb Khedkar Hall in Zilla Parishad (ZP) premises here on Friday. In the meeting, it was informed that Nagpur district had total forest area of 2,39,799 hectares including 68,566 hectares of reserved forest, 63,273 hectares of protected forest, 14,131 hectares of zudpi jungle land with Forest Department, 62,573 hectares of wildlife sanctuary, and 31,147 hectares with Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra. So far, a total of 495 claims of individual forest rights and 125 claims of community forest rights ...