Section 19 in The Orissa Kendu Leaves Manual, 1973
19.
(1)Unless the Deputy Conservator of Forests has special reason to discontinue a phadi, all phadies previously maintained should be continued. The Deputy Conservator of Forests should before end of December, decide in consultation with the Range Officer and the head Checker, opening up new phadies for the coming season.Efforts should always be made to have phadies on Government lands.Such phadies which have been located on private lands may be used on payment of cost of materials in accordance with the delegation of financial powers.Construction and hiring of phadies & repair of phadies - The Deputy Conservator of Forests is empowered to take on hire storage facility in private premises for storing kendu leaves at places where phadies are not maintained.Depending upon the length of storage, a phadie may be purely of 'Jhatimati' where leaves are processed during the collection season or temporary structure with mud plastered on 'Jhatimati' wall and a roof of straw where leaves are processed in the beginning of rains or semi-permanent structure with mud walls or walls of sun-dried bricks and a roof of straw or of narla tiles where processing is much delayed. Construction of phadies shall be in accordance with delegation of financial power made.(2)Before the end of January every year the Range Officer shall inspect each phadi in his charge and prepare and estimate for construction and repairs to the phadi and with the approval of Deputy Conservator of Forests, (Kendu Leaves) take up construction and repairs of such phadies at the scale prescribed. The scale of construction and repairs has been prescribed in letter No.806-F.A.H., dated the 16th January, 1973.(3)Construction & hiring of Godowns & Buildings - Construction and hiring of godowns and buildings shall be in accordance with specific delegation made by Government in letter N0.8O6-F.A.H., dated the 16th January 1973 as amended from time to time.
