The Mhow cantonment board has now initiated a process to count the trees in the areas occupied by it. This would provide safety to the trees that are decades old.
There is one such over 100-year-old banyan tree that has been registered on 154 number.
CEO of the Cantonment Board Robin Baweja initiated this counting and registration of trees in Mhow cantonment area which is spread in around 4000 acres of land and there are various types of trees including some foreign origin trees known as Vilayti Imli whose English name Manila Tamarind and botanical name Pithecellobium Duice which is native of Mexico.
There are various types of land in Mhow cantonment consisting of C land and B4 land. Besides there are A1, A2, B1, B2, B3 and B4 land. The cantonment board comes under the defense ministry and especially two officers Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and defense estate officer (DEO) look after the land and other administrative works besides the senior
army officers. A1 land is army active occupied land, while A2 land is the land adjacent to A1 land and can be used by army in near future. Similarly, B1 land is where the other departments of central government are established, B2 land is the land which is with the state government and which is on lease to the state government, B3 land is the land which is occupied by the civilians and B4 land that is lying vacant.
While talking to ‘The Pioneer’ Baweja told that the counting has started with the trees situated on the Mall road Mhow and trees in the gardens of cantonment board Mhow later we will move to the trees grown on the all the different types of land.
A small yellow board with the serial number and name of tree written on it is placed on each tree. It is to be noted that Mhow was the residential capital during the British rule in India and all the British officers who were posted from England to rule in India were posted in different parts of Madhya Pradesh but their family lived in Mhow and their children had education in Mhow.
The seven-km stretch of mall road of Mhow is famous in India as it is the place of morning and evening walk for Mhow locals and especial elevated footpath is also constructed parallel to the mall road for the safety of pedestrians with the under roof sitting facility at every 1 km and drinking water.
The speakers on this mall road play melodious music and songs for the pedestrian when they walk. It is to be noted a tree gives oxygen worth rs 3 lakh daily if that much oxygen is produced by scientific means.