'Green Noida' drive has been launched in Noida with a pledge to increase the green cover in the city. The district administration as part of this drive will plant one lakh trees on July 04, 2015 to mark the occasion. Every year the first week of July is observed as 'Van Mahotsav - festival of tree planting' across India. This festival was started by Union Ministry for Agriculture in 1950.
The UP Forest department has set targets for tree planting in the state by various zones. Gautam Buddh Nagar has a target of nearly 4.4 lakh trees to be planted for the year 2015-16. The aim is to increase the forest and tree cover of the state to one third as envisaged in the National Forest Policy 1988 and the State Forest Policy 1998. The present green cover of the Uttar Pradesh is merely 21, 244 Sq Km which is a dismal 8.82 percent of the total land area of the state. The tree planting drive will be part of the Van Mahotsav 2015 to be celebrated in the first week of July.
This time around the Forest Department has selected indigenous varieties of trees like Parijat, Kadamb, Sita Ashok, Tamaal, Maulshree, Ttulsi, Harsingar, Banyan and Peepal for plantation across the state depending on soil and weather conditions instead of the usual ornamental plants and shrubs.The chosen tree varieties finda a mention in the folklore and have huge environmental and medicinal significance as well.
Schools, Colleges, government offices, residential societies, real estate developers, industrialists, corporates and NGOs of Noida will take part in this Green Noida drive. This is estimated to increase the green cover of the city by 25 acres.
Lets all pledge to plant a sapling and nurture it to a tree!
Related Links:
Official website of UP Forest Department
Chief Scretary's Directive for Van Mahotsav Celebration and Tree Planting Targets
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The UP Forest department has set targets for tree planting in the state by various zones. Gautam Buddh Nagar has a target of nearly 4.4 lakh trees to be planted for the year 2015-16. The aim is to increase the forest and tree cover of the state to one third as envisaged in the National Forest Policy 1988 and the State Forest Policy 1998. The present green cover of the Uttar Pradesh is merely 21, 244 Sq Km which is a dismal 8.82 percent of the total land area of the state. The tree planting drive will be part of the Van Mahotsav 2015 to be celebrated in the first week of July.
This time around the Forest Department has selected indigenous varieties of trees like Parijat, Kadamb, Sita Ashok, Tamaal, Maulshree, Ttulsi, Harsingar, Banyan and Peepal for plantation across the state depending on soil and weather conditions instead of the usual ornamental plants and shrubs.The chosen tree varieties finda a mention in the folklore and have huge environmental and medicinal significance as well.
Schools, Colleges, government offices, residential societies, real estate developers, industrialists, corporates and NGOs of Noida will take part in this Green Noida drive. This is estimated to increase the green cover of the city by 25 acres.
Lets all pledge to plant a sapling and nurture it to a tree!
Related Links:
Official website of UP Forest Department
Chief Scretary's Directive for Van Mahotsav Celebration and Tree Planting Targets
Image Source
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This is a much needed initiative considering the way the green cover is depleting.
ReplyDeleteIndeed...reforestation is a big way of restoring balance in nature. But I wonder how many plants are nurtured till maturity in such drives. These tree plantation drives take place every year. Only if the planted sapling is taken care of till it can survive on its own..then only such a drive will bear the results intended. Hope people are taking note of this aspect.
DeleteInformative post dear :)
ReplyDeleteI am glad you found it so, Anjali. thanks for the read dear :)
DeleteGreat Work.Must for the ecological balance too.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. This work is imperative to maintain the ecological balance and to make the things right for ourselves and our future generations. Thank you for visiting again Sriram!
DeleteGreat initiative of adding a little more green to the city... really appreciable.... :-)
ReplyDeleteAgree Maniparna...such initiatives are need of the hour. Thanks for visiting again!
DeletePlanting trees is one of the best things one can do for the environment.
ReplyDeleteCertainly! Kalpanaa, it is one of the best way to give back to the nature. Thanks for visiting again!
DeleteThis is a good initiative. Enough damage has been done to nature, I hope this planting of trees gains momentum.
ReplyDeleteCertainly we hope for the same Indrani...and by such initiatives we may perhaps be able to swing the pendulum back to normal :)
DeleteGreat initiative. Let's hope other cities will take inspiration from Noida.
ReplyDeleteThis could be the best kind of epidemic we can hope to spread...like wildfire. 'Go green' is the best mantra to live by. Thanks for the read D. Nambiar :)
DeleteSeems to be a great initiative, Bushra, but I'm afraid that it'd be implemented on papers only - another opportunity of scam.
ReplyDeleteRavish we have been flooded with so many scams lately that we are wary of each and every govt initiative. This is a very natural response in the face of trust deficit that has cropped up due to wrong doings of so many ...I hope not there is any underlying corruption of thought and action happening behind the veil of green initiatives. But we have come across certain complaints by the residents and industrialist about lack of full support in implementation of this 'Green Noida' drive from the concerned depts. Some of the industrialists who participated in this green initiative have complained about non availability of tree guards due to which the plants could not be transplanted. The pits that were dug out lie empty and are filled with rain water. This has led to mosquito breeding which is a big health hazard. So we just hope the authority helps and supports such initiative till its completion. This will inspire residents to come forward and support govt intiatives in future as well.
DeleteAlways good to see tree plantation drives, I do hope that the trees survive and they need new holes to plant trees next year. Mostly same place they plant trees as last year as the earlier trees die due to neglect
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