Drought-prone Bundelkhand will get more than two crore saplings this monsoon. The Bundelkhand plantation scheme began with an ambitious target of planting 10 crore saplings in 2008-09. It is entering its fourth year this time. The scheme aims at bettering up the green cover of 11 districts of Bundelkhand and Vindhya region, driven by a thought that increase in green cover would check desertification and ground-water depletion. Besides, it will also generate employment.

Forest department will plant 2.15 crore saplings in the region. The remaining 0.35 crore saplings will be planted by panchayats. The plantation will be done on forest and gram sabha land. The varieties which could be of use to locals and which could grow in local climatic conditions like imli, mahua, bel, aonla, bamboo, sheesham, siras, neem, kanji, mango, chilbil, peepal, banyan, pakad, jamun and others will be planted.

Forest department will plant 2.15 crore saplings in the region. The remaining 0.35 crore saplings will be planted by panchayats. The plantation will be done on forest and gram sabha land. The varieties which could be of use to locals and which could grow in local climatic conditions like imli, mahua, bel, aonla, bamboo, sheesham, siras, neem, kanji, mango, chilbil, peepal, banyan, pakad, jamun and others will be planted.

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Courtesy: indiatimes.com

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