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Punjab plans to enhance acreage of forest
SIALKOT (April 03 2004): Punjab Forest Department
has formed a line of action for enhancing the
acreage of forests in the province. Official
sources told Business Recorder here on Friday that
during the spring tree plantation drive 20 million
plants would be planted in Punjab.
As many as 7 million plants would be planted in
government forests, 1.45 million in other
departments, 4.35 plants would be planted by
defence department and 7.20 million plants would
be planted by private sector.
Sources revealed that 28.3 million plants are
available in 550 nurseries for fulfilling and
achieving the target.
Under the programme, special attention has been
focused on increasing the acreage of forests from
17 plants per acre to 29 plants per acre.
The Forest Department under its programme is
making strenuous efforts for initiating plantation
on 4527 new acreage, 3816 acres of regeneration,
plants would also be planted in queues on 630
avenue miles while 629 acres of land would be
brought in plantation in meadows, sources
disclosed.
Apart from this, plants and saplings would be
provided free of cost to the farmers under
incentive package.
In addition to this, the facilities, like free
education for children of farmers, health and
marriage grant would be provided from social
security institutions.
Under this scheme, 14,000 families would plant 62
million plants in the Punjab, the sources added.
Courtesy Business Recorder |
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