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Bastar tribals resent Chhattisgarh policy on Mahua trade

| Saturday | 22nd April, 2017

The new rules state that businessmen cannot trade more than 500 quintals of 'Mahua' during a year. He pointed out that local tribal population also stocks mahua in their houses as the produce can be sold whenever they require money. RAIPUR: The trade of Mahua, which is known as 'Tribal India's tree of life', has snowballed into a row in Bastar and other tribal areas with Chhattisgarh government imposing several restrictions recently. Doshi demanded immediate roll back of the new rules as it is against the larger interests of a vast tribal population in the state. While Mauha is commonly used to make alcoholic beverage in the tribal areas, it is also consumed as a vegetable and its seeds are used to extract oil.

RAIPUR: The trade of Mahua, which is known as 'Tribal India's tree of life', has snowballed into a row in Bastar and other tribal areas with Chhattisgarh government imposing several restrictions recently. As per the new rules, no individual can carry more than five kilogrammes of Mahua without the permit.Bastar Chamber of Commerce is all set to hold a meeting to discuss the situation arising out of restrictions imposed by the government. The new rules state that businessmen cannot trade more than 500 quintals of 'Mahua' during a year. Businessmen in Bastar say that the new rules, imposing such restrictions, would adversely hit the Rs 250 crore trade besides affecting the Bastar's tribal population, which is dependent on Mauha, locally known as 'Green Gold'.Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee spokesman Bhijit Doshi said the then Digvijay Singh government in 1995-96 during undivided Madhya Pradesh had put Mahua in free trade category but the state government has now introduced new rules, imposing restrictions on mahua trade.In Bastar alone, nearly 60,000 tonnes of Mahua is purchased during February-June season. Till last month, tribals collecting mahua from the forests used to get Rs 25 to Rs 30 per kg but with new restrictions in place, there are no buyers, leading to mahua prices crashing to just Rs 2 per kilogram, he said.Doshi added that the locals threw mahua on roads near Barsoor market on Thursday and at Kukanar market on Friday as there were no buyers for the produce. He pointed out that local tribal population also stocks mahua in their houses as the produce can be sold whenever they require money. Doshi demanded immediate roll back of the new rules as it is against the larger interests of a vast tribal population in the state. While Mauha is commonly used to make alcoholic beverage in the tribal areas, it is also consumed as a vegetable and its seeds are used to extract oil.

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