New Forest Grown Up
Khaddi village - South-West Uttarakhand
When Dulari Devi and Pratap Shikhar settled in Khaddi early eighties, the local government gave them a piece of one acre (0.4 hectare) mountain on long term lease. There had been a lime quarry and all the forest was cut. There were only bad shrubs. Especially the mother of Pratap worked hard. Enthusiastically she planted all sort of fruit, timber and fodder trees and different grasses and bamboo.
Now, 25 years later, there is a beautiful forest with all sort of medical herbs.
Nepalese gardener Bal
Bahadur takes care of the forest. This migrant worker is a real specialist. When he sees a green shoot he knows exactly which tree will
grow out of it.
Bal
Bahadur, a migrant worker from Nepal, with a guava sapling.
Bahadur, picking a guava fruit.
Kalipatta, a medical herb and spice.
Some villagers are allowed to take fodder leaves for free.
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