Lagatar24 Desk
Guwahati, June 9: In order to increase the state’s forest cover area, the Assam Forest Department would plant roughly five crore saplings in the state during the fiscal year 2023–2024, an official said on Friday.
According to MK Yadav, the Assam Forest Department’s Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) and Head of Forest Force, the state Forest department intends to plant about 5 crore seedlings throughout the state during this fiscal year.
“As per the direction of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Forest Minister, we have decided to plant about 5 crore saplings. In this plantation, we will be planting about 2.80 crore seedlings and the rest will be distributed among the farmers and households,” MK Yadav said.
The state government has chosen to plant 1 crore saplings across the state on October 2 this year in honour of Gandhi Jayanti, according to a statement made by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma earlier on June 8. This is intended to increase the state’s green cover and boost the economy based on trees.
“The state government has decided to increase the forest cover of Assam from 36 per cent to 38 per cent in coming years by way of large plantations across the state,” said the Assam CM.
