CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, under the chairmanship of Secretary Revenue Department and Nodal Officer Ramkewal nominated by the government for tree plantation in the district and in the presence of District Magistrate Manish Bansal, a meeting of the District Tree Plantation Committee was held in the new auditorium at the Collectorate and the strategy and preparation for achieving the set tree plantation target was reviewed. The nodal officer inquired about the sapling lifting by all the departments. On this occasion, it was told that the work of sapling lifting has been done 100% by all the departments. He gave instructions to get the tree plantation sites geotagged and said that by making the tree plantation campaign a mega campaign, public representatives, officials, elite people of the society, students should be encouraged to plant trees. He said that in view of the tree plantation to be held tomorrow, all the public representatives should be talked to and invited. It is very important to protect the plants under the campaign.

Ramkeval said that it is necessary to take care of trees to improve their survival. Everyone should also be informed about the benefits of tree plantation. The forest department should also get trees planted in pasture land and cowsheds by ensuring suitable plants. He asked all the departments for the action plan and instructed them to implement it properly. District Magistrate Manish Bansal instructed everyone to upload the saplings on the Haritima app after planting them with geotagging. He instructed the department officials to participate enthusiastically in this important work. He assured the nodal officer that the instructions given by you will be followed 100 percent. Under the Mahabhiyan of Plant Trees, Save Trees and Plant Trees Maha Abhiyan 2025 Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam, a target of 37 crore saplings will be planted across the state. Under which the target in the district is 4494400. This work will be done by various departments. It is necessary to plant trees through a mass movement to control the increasing pollution and maintain environmental balance by increasing green cover through tree plantation. The main objective of this is to increase rainwater harvesting, carbon absorption, clean air, conservation of fertile soil, increasing the water level of rivers, increasing the income of farmers. DFO Shubham Singh through PPT increased urban green cover and plantation in urban areas, plantation is being done under dense forest in urban areas by private sectors, NGOs, religious and social organizations, NSS, NCC, Scout Guide, industries in the tree plantation campaign by Miyawaki method. He said that Minister of State for Public Works Department Mr. Brijesh Singh will be the special guest of the massive tree plantation program to be held in village Kankarkui tomorrow. He gave information about the progress of digging pits and picking up saplings in relation to the allotted targets. He said that about 63 lakh saplings are available in the nurseries of the Forest Department. Plantation will also be done by all the farmers registered under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and plantation will be done on the banks of rivers. Along with this, in the memory of eminent persons, plantation will be done in Atal Van, Ekta Van, Oxy Van, Shaurya Van, Gopal Van, Pavitra Dhara Van, Food Van, Sahjan Bhandaara by the identified families of Zero Poverty Program.

Before the meeting, the nodal officer inspected the Budhavan plantation site under Mohand Range of Shivalik Forest Division.

On this occasion, Chief Development Officer Sumit Rajesh Mahajan, DFO Shubham Singh, Additional District Magistrate Administration Santosh Bahadur Singh, PDDRDA Pranay Krishna, ARTO M.P. Singh along with senior officers of the concerned departments and NGO representative Rajendra Atal were present.