Question

Explain any five ways in which the liver of the villager you ere affected by forest act

Answer 1

The lives of the villagers were affected by the forest laws:

•    Now the villagers were deprived of their customary practices like hunting, cutting, grazing their cattle, collecting fruits, etc.

•    One of the major impacts was on the practice of shifting cultivations or swidden agriculture.

•    People were now forced to steal wood from the forests and if they were caught, they were at the mercy of the forest guards who would take bribes from them.

•    Women who collected fuel woods were especially worried.

•    It was common for police, constables and forest guards to harass people by demanding free food from them.