Social forestry planters, who had been struggling to get a fair price for the subabul and eucalyptus logs for a long time, had a ray of hope when a noted integrated pulp, paper and paper board Mill from Erode in Tamil Nadu came to buy the logs for an attractive price in Chimakurthy of the drought-prone Prakasam district.
However, their happiness was short-lived as local brokers, who have tie-ups with some paper mills in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, prevented them from moving the logs by truck to Pallipalayam in Erode.
