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Bidders for prosopis juliflora (seemai karuvelam) trees successful reserve wood areas successful Amaravathy and Udumalpet ranges grew two-fold, and the gross besides much than doubled successful the auction conducted by the Forest Department astatine Udumalpet connected Tuesday.
There were 91 bidders from crossed the State for the trees successful 2 swathes of 25 hectares each successful the Amaravathy Reserve Forest. The trees enumerated by the Forest Department were procured by the highest bidders for ₹6,000 per tonne, according to authoritative sources.
The basal terms was fixed astatine ₹5,000 per tonne and the precocious request for firewood reflected successful realisation of ₹62 lakh arsenic revenue, based connected a presumptive estimation of 885 tonnes of firewood realisation.
In the erstwhile bidding conducted 3 months earlier for the trees successful the aforesaid grade of hectares, 50 contractors took part, and the Forest Department had got ₹28 lakh arsenic revenue.
The High Court bid connected removal of the invasive taxon of trees has necessitated the Forest Department to wide the overgrowth successful 25 hectares successful reserve wood areas connected a monthly basis.
The auction mechanics has resulted successful a win-win concern for some the Forest Department and the contractors.
The contractors gain profits by selling the chopped adust firewood for up to ₹8,000 per tonne, sources added.
