A senior DDA official said it has denied several requests by user agencies, including the National Highway Authority of India and Railways, to provide land for compensatory afforestation considering the shortage.
In order to reduce environmental pollution and to improve the air quality, Miyawaki forests will be grown in the city, said S.P. Velumani, Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme.
The Centre has allocated Rs 2,675 crore to Uttarakhand for compensatory afforestation and other green activities, officials said on Friday.
Tripura Forest and Tribal Welfare Minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia told reporters here that the state government has decided to plant at least 10 lakh trees across the state this year.
New Delhi: Plans to link the MNREGA scheme with the afforestation progamme could get a huge boost with Rural Development Ministry officials saying that the idea mooted by Union minister Nitin Gadkari has lot of
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