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Question
Write conversation on the following situation.
Between two friends about planting trees
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Solution
| A | A country without trees has a hopeless future |
| B | What a strong statement? Who said it? |
| A | Theodore Roosevelt said it. |
| B | Can you tell me about living legends who plant trees and protect them? |
| A | Have you heard of Jamuna Tudu? What has she done? Where is she? |
| B | She is in Jharkhand. She has fought against the timber mafia and saved fifty hectares of forests with the help of women volunteers. |
| A | How did she achieve such a feat? |
| B | In 1998, she formed “Vana Suraksha Smitit” (i.e) Forest safety committee. |
| A | Didn’t she get opposition from villagers and Timber mafia? |
| B | Yes of course the villagers protested because they needed fire wood. She persuaded them to use small twigs and leave the main tree. The timber mafia looted their home and pelted stones at her husband who was critically wounded. |
| A | How strong is her committee now? |
| B | She has created 300 groups of women volunteers who roam the forest with bow and, arrows to protect the trees. |
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