Telangana records second highest forest cover increase in India
The State government planted 235.59 crore seedlings till January 2022 against the target of planting 230 crore seedlings under the Haritha Haram programme, achieving 102.6 per cent plantations.
Hyderabad: Continuing the trend of setting examples for other States, Telangana has recorded the second highest increase in forest cover in the country. And once again, it is the State government’s flagship green initiative, Telangana Ku Haritha Haram, that helped India’s youngest State achieve this substantial increase.
The State government planted 235.59 crore seedlings till January 2022 against the target of planting 230 crore seedlings under the Haritha Haram programme, which was launched in 2015-16, achieving 102.6 per cent plantations.
Hyderabad: Continuing the trend of setting examples for other States, Telangana has recorded the second highest increase in forest cover in the country. And once again, it is the State government’s flagship green initiative, Telangana Ku Haritha Haram, that helped India’s youngest State achieve this substantial increase.
The State government planted 235.59 crore seedlings till January 2022 against the target of planting 230 crore seedlings under the Haritha Haram programme, which was launched in 2015-16, achieving 102.6 per cent plantations.
The Ministry was undertaking various afforestation and tree plantation programmes such as National Mission for a Green India (GIM), Nagar Van Yojana, CAMPA etc, he added.
State – ISFR 2019 (Area in sq.km) – ISFR 2021 (Area) – Increase
Andhra Pradesh 29,137 29,784 647
Telangana 20,582 21,214 632
Gujarat 14,857 14,926 69
Karnataka 38,575 38,730 155
Uttar Pradesh 14,806 14,818 12
Madhya Pradesh 77,482 77, 493 11
Maharashtra 50,778 50,798 20
Source: Lok Sabha replies
