“I like the kaarvi house a lot,” the grandmother lamented, “But no more can we build houses in kaarvi! Now kaarvi doesn’t grow much; bamboo doesn’t grow much! If forest people catch us breaking even a single branch, they question us, ‘Why were we breaking? What were we doing?’ We fear them. We fear being fined. We don't want that mess! So we only collect those fallen” on the ground. Eager to see kaarvi, the architects approached the medicinal healer. Concurring with the grandmother, he took them deep inside the jungle to one spot and said, “See, these are kaarvi! They are small” clusters, “not as abundant as earlier.” There he vented, “One can only get seeds when the flowers bloom, no? A small plant will grow only if a seed falls in the ground, no? And only then will kaarvi be produced, no? It takes two to three years for it to grow. But can you see how impoverished these are? If they get manure, you won't have to bother” about their growth “for at least two years. But do we have cattle anymore? Since kaarvi doesn't grow in abundance, we have planted the Lokhandi zhaad,” Ironwood tree.
During one conversation, a middle-aged woman recalled the existence of kaarvi houses until the shooting of Jaagruti, a Bollywood film, released in 1992. The “forest people” stopped adivasi residents from gathering forest produce during the following decade. This regulation stands today despite the passage of the Forest Rights Act 2006.