The Forest Man Of India







So i am here with my next blog in which you will get to know the story of the forest man who involved so much in this activity that at the age of 16 he started giving his time in tree plantation.
Three decades ago, a 16-year-old boy noticed a large number of reptiles dying in his home district in Assam's Jorhat. When he asked the village elders what would happen if they start dying like the reptiles, they told him that the reptiles died because they lost their homes - the forests. This drove the young boy to get involved in a tree plantation project at Aruna Chapori near Golaghat. After the project was completed, he decided to stay back and cultivate the forest further.
Today the forest is spread across 1,300 acres and the young boy Jadav 'Molai' Payeng is now a frail 50-something ageing man but his battle continues. The forest is now home to Bengal tigers, Indian rhinoceros, over 100 deer and rabbits besides apes and several varieties of birds - including a large number of vultures. There are several thousand trees. Bamboo alone covers an area of over 300 hectares. A herd of around 100 elephants regularly visits the forest every year. In 2015 , Payeng was awarded the Padma Shri for his effots, the fourth highest civilian award.

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