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Last black bamboo of Indore, chopped and burnt by Forest Department, plans to shut nursery

Forest department, which is expected to protect trees and forests, is busy chopping off the last trees on its campus in Indore division and furthermore, planning to shut down the nursery as well. The situation becomes worrisome as department officials do not blink an eye while setting fire to remains of the only black bamboo tree in the city.
Legal activist Abhijeet Pandey brought the incident to light raising the issue with Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) on Sunday.
Sharing the details of the incident, Pandey said, “It’s shameful and sad to see that the protectors are the ones chopping off trees, which keep balance in our environment for our survival.”
The officers had sanctioned chopping of sagwan and black bamboos. Black bamboo is no ordinary tree, it is has several uses including medicinal.
It is used in treatment of fevers (especially infantile convulsions), vomiting and nosebleeds. “The leave are harvested during the growing season and dried for later use, but this only one we had in Indore is no more, thanks to officials,” Pandey said.
He added that juice of the black bamboo stem is antipyretic, antitussive, expectorant and sedative.
“Ensuring that nothing remains, officials set fire to the tree and cleared all the surroundings,” Pandey said. The tree was located right next to Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF) CS Ninima’s house.
He had sanctioned chopping of trees, stating that the trees block sunlight.

Nursery shutdown for convenience of officials?!
Pandey said that the main purpose of closing the nursery is mainly personal interest of senior officials of forest department. “There are many environment lovers who visit the nursery to buy saplings, which bothers the officials,” he said.
The complaint added that the nursery is the only one in Indore city under the department, from where hundreds of plantations are sold daily.

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