Rahtawal Community Forest Users Group in Shivraj Municipality-3 and 5 of Kapilvastu has distributed local chicken cocks and Horlicks to pregnant women.

Chicken cocks and horlicks were distributed to 22 pregnant women in the material distribution program for the elderly, disabled, blind, pregnant women, youth club and police organized in Rahatkol on Sunday. 30 elderly people above 80 years of age were also honored as part of social responsibility. has been done

From the proceeds from the sale of wood and firewood of the forest, which has 747 households, 30 people were distributed a walking stick, a warm fiber sirak. Similarly, 22 pregnant women have been distributed local chicken cocks and Horlicks. Fiber sirak has been distributed to 8 disabled people and sports materials to two youth clubs.

Janjagriti Yuva Club and Danguria Cultural Youth Club have provided two footballs, 11 sports dresses. Similarly, 15 jackets have been provided for the police, said Yagya Bahadur Belwase, president of Rahtawal Community Forest Consumer Group. 

Inaugurating the

program, the former Forest and Environment Minister of Lumbini Province, Arjun KC, said that if the nature is not protected, no matter how rich the country is, it will not make sense. 

'In the forest there are not only trees, but also the environment, wildlife, animals and water,' he said He said.  He claimed that after handing over the national forest to the community, it reached 44 percent. He also said that Nepal's forest should become a major center of revenue and employment.

If only 12 districts of Lumbini collect revenue from forests in a well-organized manner, he claims that the state government will get 2 billion rupees.  In the

program, Raju Chhetri, Division Chief of Divisional Forest Office Chandrauta, Senior Forest Officer of Sub-Divisional Office Khagendrapur, Pahalman Serbuzamgar, and representatives of partnership forests and consumers were present.