The Chhattisgarh Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) on Monday approved proposals worth Rs 1,534 crore for 2021-22 to increase productivity of forest areas and other things.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Steering Committee of CAMPA held under the chairmanship of In-charge Chief Secretary Subrat Sahoo here.
The proposals were approved under the annual action plan for 2021-22 to increase productivity of forest areas, compensatory plantation, restoring bamboo forests, wildlife management and to increase ground water conservation.
The Chief Executive Officer of CAMPA, V.P. Srinivasa Rao, said that out of the innovative schemes implemented by the state government, work is being done to treat all the small and big drains in the forest areas from their point of origin to the completion point.
In the 2019-20 action plan, 10.60 lakh ground water conservation structures are being constructed in 4.58 lakh hectare catchment areas of 863 drains in the forest area, Rao said.
Construction work of 12.70 lakh water conservation structures have been started at a cost of Rs 210 crore in 3.11 lakh hectare area of 1,092 drains for 2020-21.
Also, implementation of schemes like Maanv Sangwari Yojana in human-elephant conflict zones of the state is being undertaken to improve habitat and awareness campaign, Rao said.