By Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, JULY 13
Haryana Forest
Department is planting the targeted three crores saplings during the current
monsoon season.
While stating this
today, Additional Chief Secretary, Forest Department Mr. Ramender Jakhu said
that these saplings were being planted either on the government land ,
panchayti land or other vacant land. The Forest Department
would assist those Panchayats, departments, organization or others who would carry
out such plantation.
He
said that the Forest Department has identified many such places in the State
where the forest area and number of trees would be increased by way of
plantation. He said that the area under forest has also been reduced due to the
fast pace development, widening of roads, doubling of rail routes and
urbanization. To compensate this, the department has prepared an action plan
under which ‘Van Chetna Yatra’ would be flagged off from Chandigarh on July 22
to sensitize the people about the significance of forests. This Cheta Yatra
would cover every district and area of the State and would sensitize the
people by way of street plays and other mediums of publicity, he added.
He said that the population of Haryana is 2.25 crore and if everybody plant
only one sapling the number of plants could increase by one crore. He stressed
that the message of ‘ Ek Vriksh Lagaye Zindagi Bachaye’ should reach
every household and said that a drive was being launched to save
trees. He said that it was important to plant trees twice in number than
the number of trees chopped.
Mr. Jakhu has appealed to the people to make occasions like
birthday, wedding, marriage anniversary, any special achievement, festivals and
other social activities more memorable by planning saplings. He said that for
the safe future of people, animals and birds, it was essential to increase the
area under forest. He urged the people to understand its significance and
undertake this work as a mission. He said that decrease in number of plants not
only resulted in different kind of diseases but also led to depleting water
table.
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