Nayagarh villagers have begun to assert total ownership over their forests in Odisha
In January 2020, a few villagers in Mitukuli village in Odisha's Nayagarh were patrolling the forests -- a practise popularly known as thengapalli -- when they found nearly 225 well-grown trees cut down by the forest department. Infuriated at the sight, they put forth the issue before the Community Forest Resources Management Committee (CFRMC) (Gosthi Jangala Sambala O.
Source: deccanherald.com
