Forest Department is making natural colors from the flowers of Tesu, also known as Palash (botanical name Butea Monosperma)
With the city gearing up to celebrate the festival of Holi with fervour again after two years, Indore forest department is preparing natural herbal colours.
Forest Department is making natural colors from the flowers of Tesu, also known as Palash (botanical name Butea Monosperma).
The officials gave instructions to collect Tesu flowers from the forest and prepare herbal colours on Saturday.
For this the help of forest committees is being taken. The colours are being prepared in Choral area. The forest department of Indore division has already set up machines for grinding flowers here.
Since 2018 the department is making natural colours. Initially five colours were made. Now, many other colours are prepared.
Back in 2018, the packet was sold for ten rupees. The amount was deposited in the accounts of the Forest Committee.
In view of the first wave of Corona in 2020, events in the city were cancelled. Due to this, the department also did not get the colours made.
But in 2021, the then DFO Kiran Bisen had made natural colours from rural women with a view to make women self-reliant. About 30 kg of colours were made.
A packet of 200 grams was sold for thirty rupees. After the third wave, now the corona infection is decreasing.
The government and administration removed many restrictions this year. In view of this, the Indore Forest Division decided to make colours.
The process of preparing and packing the colours will be down in Talai beet falling in Choral range. “This helps us connect with rural families through forest committees,” chief conservator of forest HS Mohanta said.
He added that men are engaged in collecting flowers from the forests, the responsibility of drying and grinding them is given to the women of the village. Forest personnel are monitoring the process.
Flowers will not be gathered only from the forests of Choral to make colour. Flowers from forests of Mhow and Manpur are also being gathered.
The colours will be available for the public to buy at a reasonable rate in the forest department office from this week onwards.
Forest Department is making natural colors from the flowers of Tesu, also known as Palash (botanical name Butea Monosperma).
The officials gave instructions to collect Tesu flowers from the forest and prepare herbal colours on Saturday.
For this the help of forest committees is being taken. The colours are being prepared in Choral area. The forest department of Indore division has already set up machines for grinding flowers here.
Since 2018 the department is making natural colours. Initially five colours were made. Now, many other colours are prepared.
Back in 2018, the packet was sold for ten rupees. The amount was deposited in the accounts of the Forest Committee.
In view of the first wave of Corona in 2020, events in the city were cancelled. Due to this, the department also did not get the colours made.
But in 2021, the then DFO Kiran Bisen had made natural colours from rural women with a view to make women self-reliant. About 30 kg of colours were made.
A packet of 200 grams was sold for thirty rupees. After the third wave, now the corona infection is decreasing.
The government and administration removed many restrictions this year. In view of this, the Indore Forest Division decided to make colours.
The process of preparing and packing the colours will be down in Talai beet falling in Choral range. “This helps us connect with rural families through forest committees,” chief conservator of forest HS Mohanta said.
He added that men are engaged in collecting flowers from the forests, the responsibility of drying and grinding them is given to the women of the village. Forest personnel are monitoring the process.
Flowers will not be gathered only from the forests of Choral to make colour. Flowers from forests of Mhow and Manpur are also being gathered.
The colours will be available for the public to buy at a reasonable rate in the forest department office from this week onwards.