The Punjab
forests department has identified 9,800 hectares in villages all across
Punjab for plantation to achieve greater area under the green belt.
Besides, 3,021-hectare area for the purpose has been found within the
premises of institutions, aspokesman here said.
The said areas were identified during a survey in an effort to increase the
state's "forest cover", forest and wildlife minister Surjit Kumar Jayani
here stated.
The department has a target of increasing the state's forest cover
that mainly included the trees outside forests up to 15% by 2020
underits 'Greening Punjab' mission, the minister said.
Source: http://to.ly/m9Tx
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