As part of its effort to increase and protect green cover in urban areas, the Centre has proposed to develop 200 `city forests' in the country in the next five years and launch a `school nursery' scheme to create awareness about environment protection.
The idea is to develop at least one `city forest' initially on forest land, ranging from 20 hectare to 100 hectare, in cities having municipal corporations.
“The environment ministry will provide one time financial support for development of these city forests“, said Union environment and forests minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday .
Responding to a Parliament question, the minister in his written response informed the Lok Sabha that the scheme, namely “Nagar VanUdyan Yojana“, was proposed to be launched on pilot basis.
“The scheme aims to create 200 city forests in the country in the next five years“, he said.Referring to the `school nursery' scheme, he said, “It is proposed to create small nurseries in schools involving students from class six to class nine. The main objective is to create awareness about environment and help students identify and learn about the various benefits of trees and plants“.
The idea is to develop at least one `city forest' initially on forest land, ranging from 20 hectare to 100 hectare, in cities having municipal corporations.
“The environment ministry will provide one time financial support for development of these city forests“, said Union environment and forests minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday .
Responding to a Parliament question, the minister in his written response informed the Lok Sabha that the scheme, namely “Nagar VanUdyan Yojana“, was proposed to be launched on pilot basis.
“The scheme aims to create 200 city forests in the country in the next five years“, he said.Referring to the `school nursery' scheme, he said, “It is proposed to create small nurseries in schools involving students from class six to class nine. The main objective is to create awareness about environment and help students identify and learn about the various benefits of trees and plants“.
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