Over two crore trees to be planted in Haryana

The Haryana government is planning to launch a special campaign to plant 2.5 crore trees in offices and along highways among other places in the state in this fiscal.
In order to to promote green cover, a unique scheme 'Har Ghar Hariyali' has been launched under which plants are being given to people for planting them in homestead lands and farmhouses, a spokesman of the forest department said today.
He said that under the 'Deendayal Upadhyaya Smriti Van' scheme, trees would be planted at entrances of offices, campuses and vacant lands.
Similarly, all vacant areas in villages would be covered under the 'Har Gaon Pedon Ki Chaon' scheme.

The department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for plantation along the national highways passing through Haryana with a clear undertaking that the forest department would not declare the land as protected forests, or reserve forests without the consent of the NHAI.
A similar MoU would be signed with each department and office of the state government, the spokesman said.
All departments have been asked to send the list of places or areas lying vacant in their office premises so that trees can be planted during the current financial year.