The other day a team of journalists accompanied by district collector, Mr Sanjhay Bandopadhyaya went to Patalkot in connection with village contact drive and detected many cases of cutting of teak trees involving crores of rupees. The forest Mafias of village Koudia, Gaildubba, Gudhichhatri of Patalkot have made large scale cutting of green teak trees and therby converted the forest areas into barren lands.