Uprootal of stumps and tilling of soil over entire area to a depth of 0.45 m using heavy machinery i.e. excavators fitted with 0.90 cubic meters and above capacity bucket and collection and removal of all available uprooted stumps of all sizes, dragging to outside the plantation area and stacking, filling of resultant pits and levelling of the site at 2020 EP Pentlam (1978) plantation areas