Hi everyone! Welcome back to the Sunday blog!Today we will be writing a post which will give you a great idea for inspiration! We are writing about a man who grew a forest in India. I hope you can make a connection and are inspired by this local man!Clean India is a Green India! - Always remember that.
Who is This man?
Jadav Payeng is an environmental activist and forestry worker from Majuli, popularly known as the Forest Man of India. Over the course of several decades, he has planted and tended to trees near the river Brahmaputra, and soon turned it into a forest reserve.
Facts on Jadav Payeng:
1) The forest spread across 1,360 Acres!
2) In 1979 he came across several snakes on the sandy banks of the island where he lived who had died of exposure to excess heat. He wondered if humans could also face the same fate.
3) Jadav is known as "The Forest Man Of India"
4) The forest, which came to be known as The Molai forest, now houses Bengal tigers, Indian rhinoceros and over 100 deer and rabbits. The Molai forest is also home to monkeys and several varieties of birds, including a large number of vultures too.
5) He has three children(one daughter and two sons).
6) His family used to live in a house which Jadav had built inside his Forest.
7) The Molai Forest is located near Kokilamukh of Jorhat, Assam, India.
Here is a picture of Jadav Payeng and his forest reserve:
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