Near the Lamaha Bridge on the East-West Highway, a large amount of sal pellets are found buried in bushes. Expensive wood is being rotted and destroyed as it has not been auctioned for a long time. It has not been managed, nor has the government been able to earn revenue.

This problem is in all the eight districts of Madhesh province. 2 lakh 10 thousand cubic feet of wood that could not be auctioned in the district forest offices of Madhesh are lying in the forest . Except for the new products, old wood auctions have not been sold. For a long time, those wood and firewood have started to rot due to lack of management . If the auction was sold in time, at least 500 million revenue would have accumulated in the government treasury. 

A month ago, when a fire broke out in Gaindatar sub-division forest in Rautahat's Chandrapur Municipality-3, 22 pieces of wood were burnt. This time, when a fire broke out at the same place, 11 pieces of firewood were burnt and destroyed. This would not have happened if the auction had been sold on time. 

In 2076, during the construction of the tower of Hetaunda-Dhalkevar-Duhbi 400 KV transmission line, the cut wood was piled up on the highway side and burnt to ashes. The wood left lying for about 5 years has started to rot. Trees of sal and other species were cut in Rautahat area for the power transmission line. At that time, about 100,000 cuft of sal and kukat, 127 chatta daura  was collected. 

The Forest has assigned personnel to Lamaha to monitor wood-firewood. Pashupati Aryaghat has been given 27 sticks from that wood. The forest office said that the remaining 127 chattas were sold at an auction last year at a rate of 70,000 per chatta for 88,900,000 by a contractor in Kathmandu. The firewood is rotting after the contractor failed to pay the amount. 3.8 million revenue was raised in the government rate of firewood that was auctioned on time. Now the wood cut for power lines in that area is rotting. 

The wood kept inside the compound of the Armed Forest Guard Security Branch under the Division Forest Office, Rautahat is also rotting. For more than two decades, Bahumulya wood has been rotting. At various times, the issue of wood that has been felled in the agreement of the forest staff has rotted because it could not be brought to the shore.

With the connivance of the then forest officer Arjun KC, the contractor was going to make firewood by breaking the sal pellets against the rules in the name of litter collection in the Dhansar forest area . At this time, we found out that the 4,000 cubic feet of wood that was seized is rotten and unusable. In the same way, the bullets recovered from Ballari forest along with 100 tires are also rotten. Tiregada and Golia are rotten together . There are now 8 sub-divisions under Division One. If we look at the compound of all, the sal, kukath and other varieties of big results have reached a state of rotting and becoming unusable. 

Since 2062, nearly 10,000 cubic feet of wood has rotted in Rautahat. The forest chief's residence, even in the compound of the forest office, the wood kept in the rainless condition is in a state of rotting. The confiscated wood including the heirless and the individual cannot be managed until the decision is made after the case in the court . Hemant Sah, head of Division One Rautahat, informed that the court's consent is required if the sale is to be auctioned. "In the case of the case, the decision of the court is required," he said, "some Kathdaura, not once, even when the notice of auction is published many times, no one comes to accept it." And slowly it starts to rot.' Chief Shah said that the sale and distribution was delayed because it took time for the new forest regulations to come.

Forest can prosecute itself for less than 100,000 bigos in the case of wood and vehicles recovered from stolen smuggling . The Act has given this authority to Division One . Forest is also a one-member special court . But the forest office understands that the problem has become more complicated as the head of the association has the authority to decide the case. The wood recovered during theft in the Forest Division and Sub-Division Forest offices has started to rot since decades. The wood started rotting as the case could not be resolved. The argument of the forest is that the wood cannot be sold after the court process will be delayed and the evidence should be understood. Until the final decision of the case, the wood cannot be auctioned. Even though the forest office has prosecuted the cases of wood and firewood recovered from various forest areas in a derelict condition, they are not showing any interest in the verdict. 

The forest employees say that in the case of sal, kukath wood recovered from smugglers in various posts, they should be stopped after consultation with the district administration. 

Most of the people involved in smuggling have been released on bail from the court, but the decision has not been made in the case of wood, Division Forest Office Rautahat said . Due to the government not being able to conduct the scientific management of the forest effectively, expensive timber worth crores is rotting . Businessmen say that the annual market price is more than 3,000 per cubic feet. Similarly, Chiran costs more than 4 thousand . As the valuable sal wood is rotting inside Nepal, the government has ordered to import wood from outside countries into Nepal. Raju Mainali, a timber businessman from Kathmandu, said that until three/four years ago, Salal Golia was sold for 32 to 3500 and Chiran for 5000 . Now there is a recession. The arrival of Goliya wood from abroad has also decreased, he said, "Chiran has started to be sold more recently than the foreign wood Goliya". Karn Thokar, another timber businessman, said that if the government could sell the timber in Nepal at auction, there would be no problem. "The existing wood is rotting because it cannot be used properly, the government is losing crores of revenue," he said.

Wood businessmen imported wood products including wood pellets, chiran, ply, frames used in windows and doors from China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Ukraine. Millions of dollars are lost every year when the wood of our own country's forest is not properly used and gets wasted. But the process of importing billions of wood from abroad has not stopped. 

According to the 61st annual report published by the Auditor General's Office, the Forestry Office said that in the fiscal year 2077/78, 2 billion 33 million rupees, 7 billion 99 million rupees in 2078/79 and 6 billion 40 million rupees were imported in 2079/80. In the

report, it is mentioned that the status of damaged, dry, drooping and aged trees in the forest area is increasing and the income obtained from it is being lost due to lack of proper utilization of wood. It is mentioned that billions worth of wooden materials have been imported from outside. The General Account has suggested to the government that by managing the dry and fallen trees and contributing to the national economy through the proper management and utilization of forest products including timber. As foreign wood is cheaper compared to Nepali wood, businessmen bring it and sell it. In various chiran mills of the capital, wood of foreign origin is available. Currently, sal wood is being imported from third countries. The trees cut by the Nepali Army in the forest area of ​​Bara, Makwanpur while opening the track for the construction of the Kathmandu-Tarai expressway (fast track) have not yet been managed. The wood has also started to rot.

Uddhav Ghimire, secretary of the Madhesh Pradesh Forest Ministry, said that the most issue was wood and firewood. In the Forest Act, the Forest Officer appointed by the Government of Nepal is said to be the judge of the case. Forest officials in Pradesh  He said, "Now which forest officer will do it?" There is a dilemma whether the union or the state. The forest officials have not been able to order the sale of lial because they have not received legal authority.' 

According to Secretary Ghimire, in some districts, the forest officer coordinates with the court judge and takes the auction order from the court. But Secretary Ghimire said that it is not long-term. "All the problems will be solved if it is decided that the law-abiding forest officers can decide the case," he added. Forest has got the right to look into Bigo's case for one year . 

Nepali Army has handed over the trees cut during the opening of the fast track 10 months ago to the concerned Community Forest and the then Division Forest Office Bara . As the Ministry, Department and Division Forest Office delayed the order of auction sale, the wood is rotting in the neglected state. Even the firewood cut by the army has not been auctioned. Birendra Yadav, officer of Bara Division One, said that it is not possible to tell the exact figure of how much wood has started rotting on the fast track. "The wood has started to rot in Tamagadi as a result," he said.

According to the Rautahat Forest Office, the 6,000-year-old Golia wood recovered at various places in the last one and a half decades is rotting. Likewise, the 5,000 wood handed over to the supply committee is rotting. Even the wood that was going to be distributed to the consumers for housework has not been taken and has been stuck. Due to the failure of the government to carry out the scientific management of forests effectively, the expensive firewood worth crores is rotting . Lately, 5 thousand 200 cubic feet of wood and some firewood in the partnership forest here have been stuck as they could not be auctioned. Similarly, 30,800 cubic feet of wood in the community forest is in the process of auction. 90.75 pieces of firewood have not been auctioned. The risk of rotting has increased due to the fact that the logs recovered during illegal theft, collected from deforestation and not being auctioned on time have increased. In Madhesh province, most of the timber auctions are pending in Bara Division Forest.

Ranger Sunita Adhikari of the case branch of Division Forest Office Bara informed that 2286 wood, 386 chiran wood and 500 others have been seized in different places since 2072. Similarly, Birendra Yadav, the officer of the development district, said that 120,000 auctions are yet to be held under the forest management. Similarly, the office said that 53,000 cubic feet of wood has yet to be auctioned in Parsa. If we look at the data of 8 districts of Madhesh province, it has been shown that 2 lakh 10 thousand 61 cubic feet of wood has yet to be auctioned. Forest employees say that if the sale is done on time, it will collect nearly 500 million revenue from the government. If the firm or person does not show up during the auction sale, the notice can be issued up to three times . Rautahat Division One Chief Sah said that if no one takes part in the auction for 7 years, the government rate can be reduced by revaluation. Now, per cubic foot of salal pellets is 1,200 and firewood is 3,000 per cubic foot. The old wood started rotting, there is a provision that the committee formed under the coordination of the provincial forest secretary can reduce the value and sell it. 

Forests are an important natural heritage of Nepal and are the backbone of the country's economic development, said Binod Singh, head of the Division Forest Office Dhanusha. "Forests have made a significant contribution to the development of economic, social and environmental sectors of the country," he said. Although it is a small country in terms of area, it is very rich in the diversity of geographical forest, altitude and climate. According to Chief Singh, even now, many jobs and income-earning opportunities are being obtained through the collection, sale, distribution and operation of industries based on forest products. Even though almost half of the country's land is covered by forests, wood is currently being imported from abroad. Chief Singh said that due to some rules, wood firewood auction could not be sold in time. Lately, the forest chiefs have said that they have taken the order from the court and started the auction process . Uddhav Dhodar, Assistant Secretary of District Court Rautahat informed that there are very few cases related to forest wood and firewood.

The situation of wood firewood in the district of Madhesh

Saptari 

2277 qfeet among the tablets of the year 

1072 cuft to be auctioned

Bebarise 44 cuft

Sirha

Bebarise wood-1846.44 cuft

Iduko wood-819.96 cuft

Dhanusha

Bebarise Chiran wood-1035 cuft

Iduka wood-1115 cuft

Bebarise Goliya-699 cuft

Mahottari

Case wood - 5000 cuft

Auction to be sold - 15000 cuft

Bebarise - 5000 cuft

Not sold in auction

7000 cuft

Sarlahi

Golia wood of case - 1844.44 cuft