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Wood Harvesting and Utilization
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Majority of wood harvesting in Govt. Forests of the State is carried out by
Production wing of Haryana Forest Department. However the wood harvesting work in some
of the districts is entrusted to Haryana Forest Development Corporation as well.
Annual harvesting of wood from Govt. forests in the State is to the tune of 1.50 lac standing cubic meters.
The species generally harvested are Eucalyptus, Kikar, Shisham, Tortilis, Khair and some miscellaneous species.
Species-wise volume felled (cubic meters) during last 8 years
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They are harvested at different rotation age. The rotation age of Eucalyptus,
Kikar and Shisham are 10, 16 and 45 years respectively, while Khair is harvested when the trees cross the
diameter of 30 cms. Most of the fellings consist of salvage fellings of dead and dry trees.
The harvesting operations are mostly manual in nature. Efforts are on to introduce mechanized harvesting
operations in future.
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Dead and dry and green trees felled during last 8 years
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The wood harvested from Govt. forests is made into logs, pulp wood/ boiler size wood and smaller
fuel wood and brought to sale depots, where it is sold through open auctions.
The annual turnover of revenue from sale of forest produce is to the tune of Rs. 25 – 30 crores.
Monthly
auction notice and average monthly auction price
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Expenditure and Revenue figures of last 8 years
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Trees are also grown on farm lands under Agro-forestry systems.
The farm wood is either felled by the farmers themselves or is purchased by the Haryana Forest Development
Corporation at fixed purchase price. The major species grown under Agro-forestry are Eucalyptus and Poplar.
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Furniture making:
There are two departmental furniture workshops located one each at Yamunanagar and Karnal,
where quality furniture is manufactured. The furniture item include; office table, chairs, almirahs, beds,
sofa sets, school benches and miscellaneous item. The other wood products manufactured at these workshops are;
crates for storage, chowkhats, doors and windows used in construction. Haryana Government has declared Forest
Department as an approved source for supply of furniture and other wood products to Govt. Departments.
The annual turnover of wood products at Govt. workshops is to the tune of Rs. 2.0 crores.
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Photographs of the furniture items
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