Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launches ‘Aravalli Green Wall Project’ in Gurugram

Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launches ‘Aravalli Green Wall Project’ in Gurugram

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Category : State Published on: March 28 2023

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Union minister for environment, forest and climate change Bhupender Yadav launches the afforestation project in Tikli village near Gurugram.
He launched an extensive afforestation and plantation project called the “Green Wall” in 75 villages to revive the Aravallis that is under threat from rampant mining, dumping of waste and encroachments.
The project, conceptualised on the lines of the African Green Wall programme.
The African Great Green Wall was an initiative launched in Sahel, the region bordering Africa’s Sahara Desert, to increase the amount of arable land.
This Green Wall scheme, the work of planting saplings will be done in about 26,000 acres of five districts — Gurugram, Rewari, Nuh, Mahendergarh and Faridabad of Haryana.
The project will involve rejuvenation and restoration of ponds, lakes and rivers as well as planting of native species of trees and shrubs on scrub, barren land and degraded forest land.

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