Objectives of Dividing Forests into Range

British Administration in Garhwal   -127

       -

History of British Rule/Administration over Kumaun and Garhwal (1815-1947) -147

-

            History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -981

-

                              By: Bhishma Kukreti (History Student)

                 North Forest Range

  There were productive, potential forests in upper Garhwal barring Nagpur area. Plantation was completed there before world war first. The forests were spread for miles in Dudhatauli range. T  Farmers did not use those forests for agriculture as hills heights were more than 7000 feet. Bigger befits from Dudhatauli forests was that it was easy flowing the wood logs though Nayar and Ramganga Rivers in rainy season.

   District forest was getting sizable revenue from pine forests around Mandakini and Pindar Rivers. Wood logs could be flown through these rivers.  Population was scanty and decided that villagers could be allowed to convert forest land into agriculture land.

  There were following objectives fro district forest department –

1-Keeping south forest intact and develop destroyed forest

2-Developing the central range by new plantation

3-Scintifc Exploitation of upper forest range

XX   

References  

1-Shiv Prasad Dabral ‘Charan’, Uttarakhand ka Itihas, Part -7 Garhwal par British -Shasan, part -1, page- 287-312

 2- Walton Garhwal Gazetteer pages 17-21

Xx

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com 1/7/2017

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -982

-

*** History of British Rule/Administration over British Garhwal (Pauri, Rudraprayag, and Chamoli1815-1947) to be continued in next chapter

-

(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

Forest settlement , History of British Rule, Administration , Policies, Revenue system,  over Garhwal, Kumaon, Uttarakhand ; Forest settlement , History of British Rule , Administration , Policies Revenue system  over Pauri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue system  over Chamoli Garhwal, Nainital Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Forest settlement ,  History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue system  over Rudraprayag Garhwal, Almora Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue system  over Dehradun , Champawat Kumaon, Uttarakhand ; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies, ,Revenue system  over Bageshwar  Kumaon, Uttarakhand ; Forest settlement ,

History of British Rule, Forest settlement ,  Administration, Policies, Revenue system over Haridwar, Pithoragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand;   Forest settlement ,