The Central Government has given its green signal for implementation of Green India Mission in Chhattisgarh and eleven forest mandals (circles) have been chosen in the first year, an official Press statement informed on Saturday.
Eighty forest management committees and villages will be linked to the Green India Mission. The forest mandals are Kawardha, Bilaspur, Marwahi, Katgora, Bastar, Kanker, South Kondagaon, Raipur, North Sarguja and South Sarguja.
The forest department officers informed that the landscape of forest mandals were demarcated. An awareness campaign, landscape survey, basic information, soil and water protection etc are undertaken during the first year.
A prospective plan worth `1,71,87,00,000 relating to 11 landscapes of selected forest mandals has been sent to the Centre. Proposals worth `66,86,00,000 will be implemented in the first year.