The Chhattisgarh government has chalked out a programme for the current monsoon season when it will plant 2.81 crore saplings across the state.
Under the ‘Tuhar Paudha Tuhar Dwar’ scheme of the Forest and Climate Change Department, the government will plant 1.14 crore saplings and distribute 1.67 lakh more to citizens for plantation, an official communication said on Wednesday.
This information was given at a review meeting chaired by Minister Mohammad Akbar here.
The Minister urged officials to plant herbal plants in order to increase the income of the State Forest Development Corporation.
The distribution of the saplings would start on July 1, the communication said.
The plantation drive was essential for environmental conservation and development of barren land, it added.
