
The village has a functional forest protection committee. “We do plantations and such other activities. The Bombay Natural History Society had even held a film show that talked of how the wildlife should be protected,” said Masram.
“We understand all that but we have to go to the forest for things like firewood, timber, mahua flowers and tendu leaves. If a tiger attacks us, what should we do,” asked Ade. The Act doesn’t answer that.