Unless other Rules are specified in the Schedule annexed to the agreement the following felling Rules shall be followed: -The following cutting Rules laid down by the Chief Conservator of Forests, Bihar in his letter No. 8210 dated the 27th November, 1962 are prescribed:-(a)The lessee shall not cut or damage bamboo clumps of the previous season commonly known as Karils and shall leave behind older, healthy, green clumps equal to the number of Karils:Provided that the total of such older clumps must not be less than in any clumps. The clumps should be worked from inside out.The old clumps should be left mostly on the periphery so as to provide necessary support to the Karils.(b)Excepting the bamboo shoots to be retained under the above Rules, the lessee shall fell all other bamboos in the clumps including damaged, dying and dead bamboos and shall clean the surround of each clumps to a distance of at least three feet (1 metre) as a precaution against fire. If upon completion of work in any given section, it is found that the lessee has left behind any material in the clumps that should have been cut and cleared, or has not touched any clump at all, the same will be cut and cleared departmentally. The yield thereof would be appropriated by Government and the lessee in addition shall pay all the costs and penalty as assessed by the Divisional Forest Officer.(c)Removal of bamboo roots and extraction of rhizomes are prohibited.(d)The lessee shall cut bamboo just above the second visible note or 12" (30 cm) above the ground level whichever is less. Cutting of bamboo must be done with a sharp axe and in such way that the stump is not split or torn.(e)When a clump is in flower, no bamboo shall be cut from it until after the seeds have fallen, when all the clumps would be cut and removed.(f)In exploiting any clumps, damaged, malformed, dead or dying clumps will be cut first. Straight and healthy clumps will be out within the number prescribed, only thereafter.(g)No clump containing less than 8 green clumps shall be worked except for the purpose of cleaning the clumps. Clearing shall mean removal of damaged dying or dead clumps and high stumps. No felling is permitted between the 1st July and 15th October.
