Each mile of railway track required between 1,760 and 2,000 sleepers. If one average sized tree yields 3 to 5 sleepers for a 3 metre wide broad gauge track, calculate approximately how many trees would have to be cut to lay one mile of track.

If you were the Government of India in 1862 and responsible for supplying the railways with sleepers and fuel on such a large scale, what were the steps you would have taken?

Have there been changes in forest areas where you live? Find out what these changes are and why they have happened.

Write a dialogue between a colonial forester and an adivasi discussing the issue of hunting in the forest.