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Bug bounty: MP forest department pays villagers Rs 2 per pest to save sal trees

Madhya Pradesh forest department offers villagers a bounty for collecting sal borer beetles. This unique conservation drive involves children, women, and elderly villagers actively participating. Over eleven lakh sal borers have been collected so far from designated trap trees. This initiative aims to protect vast stretches of vital sal forests in Dindori.

18 Jul 2026 12:27 pm