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Licences of community forests situated in village councils of Kailash, Gadaray, Kotdewal, Rilu and Hemantawada haven’t been renewed. Until the government extends permission or renews licence of permitted forest land, locals cannot make use of forest resources. For beneficiaries of the forest, they said that the clear-cut provision of forest handover stated in the rule had been misinterpreted by District Forest Office (DFO). “We have been barred from utilising forest resources. There is no such provision in the rule that bars us from taking forest resources,” said Deji Jung Singh, president of Shree Binayak Community Forest. According to Umesh Jethara of Daya Community Forest, the main occupation of people living in the region is the trading of herbs and that the position taken by the government has made it difficult for them to collect herbs or harvest wood. “We don’t have any other option. The land we have is not suitable for cultivation. We are solely dependent on trading of herbs,” Jethara said adding that local administration has turned a deaf ear to their plight.