Fourteen lakh saplings of different species will be planted under Koriya forest division this year.
Each Government department has been given a target for plantation of saplings during the monsoon season. Different varieties of saplings are being prepared at ‘Plant Conservation Centres’ in the district.
Baikunthpur Forest Ranger Akhilesh Mishra said that this year, 5.70 lakh saplings would be planted in Baikunthpur range and the forest department was fully vigilant of their protection. At present, the saplings were prepared in Sanbotha area and all the saplings would be supplied from the nursery at Rampur, he added.
According to information available, the forest department has prepared and packed different species of saplings, including Khamhar, Seasam, Beeja, Bamboo, Teak, Mango, Blackberry and Eucalyptus, before monsoon, which would be planted in different vacant areas.
According to sources, the forest department, with an objective to bring greenery and to save environment in the district, would plant lakhs of saplings. Necessary preparations have been started for it. Now, with the arrival of monsoon, sapling plantation work will soon be started in different areas. Transportation of saplings from Plant Conservation Centres has been started.
Every year, the district administration sets sapling plantation targets for all the departments and all departments plants saplings compulsorily. However, many departmental heads are facing land problem for plantation of saplings.