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'Urban forests' in 200 cities to increase green cover: Prakash Javadekar

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Mumbai , 05 Jun 2016

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that urban forestry will be the new thrust area of the government and steps will be taken to create "urban jungles (forests)" across 200 cities and towns across the country."We will be taking up massive tree plantation drive in as many as 200 cities and towns across the country," he said at a commemorative function organized at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali here. The Environment Ministry will launch the "Urban Forestry Scheme" in Pune, where 6,000 saplings will be planted to create an urban jungle on about 80 acres of land, said an official release.The minister also released a pamphlet "Living With Leopards" containing practical ways to reduce man-animal conflict in the vicinity of Sanjay Gandhi National Park Area.Noting that in most cities there are gardens and parks but no forests, he said: "There are many cities where the forest department has its land but there are no forests on it or are degraded. In these places thNovak Djokovic beats Murray to win his first French Open title

 

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