The age-old tradition of ‘Halma’ in tribal dominated Jhabua to help the distress and save the Environment in only getting bigger as in last week of this month, the yearly two-day-long event may see participation of around 25,000 people ofBhiltribes from three states to dig contour trenches around Hathipava hill to conserve water in the monsoon. The President of India Draupadi Murmu is likely to visit the district to support the cause.
Halma is stated to be an age-old tradition of Bhil tribes, but it was revived and extended to big scale around one-and-a-half decade ago to fightand Climate-change”>Climate Change problems, Rajaram Katara from Shivganga Abhiyan said, adding that this year, the event will be organized on February 25-26 that is likely to be attend by around 25,000 people from Jhabua, Alirajpur and tribal-dominated areas of neighboring Gujarat andRajasthan.
As per the tradition, thousands of people will participate on their own with no monetary expectation and will dig contour trenches around Hathipava hill to help save water during monsoon, he said, adding that so far, Halma has helped in digging hundreds of ponds and developing dozens of Mata nu Van (forest area cared and protected like a mother).