Forest Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah has said that the Forest Department is organising programmes at various places in the state with the aim of making the memory of the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence everlasting and making the common people aware of its spirit. In two phases, 21 thousand 158 saplings have been planted by the department at 53 places with the participation of local people.
Forest Minister Shah informed that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had launched the public participation campaign in the state on September 17, 2021. After this, the forest department got 10 thousand 565 saplings planted in the first phase at 311 places with public participation. In the second phase, 10 thousand 193 saplings were planted at 215 places by running 'Sapling Plantation Awareness' campaign in all the development blocks.
Forest Minister Shah informed that during the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi in the Green India Mission, 6 skill upgradation programmes were started and training was imparted to 195 rural youth.
Forest Minister Shah informed that many programmes like Hariyali Mahotsav, Wildlife Week and Anubhuti are being organised for the purpose of creating awareness about protection and promotion of forest and wildlife. Anubhuti programme for the students of government and non-government schools was conducted in all the forest areas of the state. One lakh 13 thousand students have actively participated in this.