Tapri of Lalzhadi till Kathmandu

Then they take the leaves from the forest home and dry them and make lafa. Once again, they put it all together in the machine and make duna and topri of different sizes .

'One day we collect leaves, the next day we dry them, then we make many lafas and take them in the machine at once to make duna tapri,' said Phulkumari Chaudhary, the coordinator of duna tapri manufacturing group of Krishnapur Municipality-9 Rajghat, 'We work together as a group .'

The women associated with the community forest are doing this work after training. Chaudhary said that Duna tapri produced in Vanadevi Community Forest was sent to Kathmandu twice.

The community forest itself has brought a machine for making duna and topiary. In this machine, 5, 6 and 7 inch duna and 10 and 12 inch toppers are made. According to the size of Duna and Topri, it is sold from 1 to 6 rupees per piece. "Currently, it is being consumed in the village, there is a lot of demand during the puja, we are not able to deliver it," Chaudhary said, "sometimes we are busy at home, we work only in our spare time."

Krishnapur-5 Consumers of Vanadevi community forest are also engaged in making duna tapri from Baisakh. 8 women as officials and consumers of the community forest have made duna tapri. 'We have not sent it outside yet, it is being consumed in the village,' said Yashoda Rawal, who is engaged in making duna tapri along with the treasurer of the community forest. It can be collected.'

According to him, the community forest coordination committee (an organization of community forests in the Laljhadi Mohana protected area) has started making tapri.

They have planned to operate a shop for selling duna tapri in the village . Preparations are being made to send it to other places from the same store . "After that, what is not consumed in the village will be sent outside," Rawal said, "now there is a lot of consumption in the village as well." Now it is the dry season, so it is not possible to go inside the forest. Making Duna Topri from the leaves collected in the past is being done.

Up to 500 dunas of tapri can be made in a day from prepared lafa . Women also buy the collected leaves. Other users of the community forest have also collected leaves and brought them.

The women of Rajghat collected a lot of leaves in February. Chowdhury said that due to the lack of market at that time, the leaves rotted. According to him, the leaves are rotten because the women are busy harvesting wheat and the demand is also low.

The annual leaves are being wasted in the community forest. By collecting those leaves, women are added to the income. Niraj Bhandari, President of Vanadevi Community Forest Rajghat, said that this will make women independent along with self-employment.