Three-North Shelter Forest Program aimed to grow 35 million hectares (87 million acres) of new trees-a forest the size of Germany-across the country's north by 2050
In India, almost every tree has a story running through it. The banyan, the fig tree, the eucalyptus - all trees are sacred because of their association with a divinity.
The HC said it was also dismissing the petitions filed by Bathena and Jadhav against the approval for cutting trees
Cities and Canopies is a fun, simple read because it conjures up a wistful nostalgia for a simpler time when people and trees coexisted in harmony