The ancient glory of Nimar which has a name for neem trees in abundance, will return again. Minister for Environment Antar Singh Arya has directed the Forest Department to plant Neem saplings in 75 percent area of Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar, Badwani and Khargone and plants of other kinds in the remaining 25 percent area to make forest green. Arya has given this instruction at the Annual General Meeting of Madhya Pradesh Clean Development Mechanism Agency at EPCO campus today. Principal Secretary Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Rajesh Rajora, Director General EPCO Malay Shrivastava and Executive Director EPCO Anupam Rajan were present in the meeting.
Name of Clean Development Mechanism Agency to be changed
It is decided in the meeting to change the name of the agency from Clean Development Mechanism Agency (MPCDA) to Madhya Pradesh Climate Change Study Center and to merge MPCDA in Environment Planning and Coordination Organisation (EPCO).
General Manager Shrilokendra Thakkar informed that as per the directives of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, C.D.A. agency was formed on October 2010 for carbon trading projects to reduce carbon emission adopting clean development process in environmental context. Madhya Pradesh is the first state in the country which has made efforts to reduce it while studying the matter.
Awareness is being created among the students that they can contribute to reduce emission of green house gases by changing their life style and behavior.
Strategy is being made by the concerted efforts of various government and semi government bodies to reduce gas emission.
Senior Officers of Forest, Horticulture, Energy and Agriculture Departments were present in the meeting.