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Forest laws will be strengthened
Participating in the Haritha Haram programme in Perkit village of Armoor mandal in the district on Sunday, he said that the State government would initiative steps to strengthen laws relating to the protection of forest lands.
Nizamabad: Minister for Environment and Forests Jogu Ramanna said that the loss of large areas of green cover were responsible for the recurring droughts, floods and cyclones in the country. Unfortunately, there was an average of 27 trees in the country, he lamented.
Participating in the Haritha Haram programme in Perkit village of Armoor mandal in the district on Sunday, he said that the State government would initiative steps to strengthen laws relating to the protection of forest lands.
The Forests Minister warned that those who were found felling of trees indiscriminately would be arrested and non-bailable warrants would be issued. They would also be tried under the Preventive Detention Act, he added. He said that the even the owner of the tree does not have the right to cut it and he has to obtain the prior permission of the village panchayat before cutting down a tree.
Minister Ramanna said that the relation that exists between a tree and a man was like the relationship between a mother and her child. The presence of large tracts of forest area was responsible for the heavy rainfall in Nirmal while the absence of forests was resulting in deficit rainfall in Nizamabad town, he added.
He said that the State government has fixed a target of 40,000 saplings in each gram panchayat and 40 lakh saplings in each constituency. The government would reimburse the amount spent on Haritha Haram, he added.
In his address, Agriculture Minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy said that if each person plants 12 trees, a total of 46 crore trees could be planted, he added. He said that Haritha Haram was being implemented in 8695 gram panchayats across the State and in 11, 410 villages. Trees have become a part of our lives and they protect humanity from ecological disasters, he added.
The Agriculture Minister said that if everybody in the district takes interest, he was not difficult to plant 3.50 crore saplings. Special funds would be released for implementing Haritha Haram programme in the gram panchayats.
He said that a cement concrete road costing Rs 40 lakh was sanctioned for Someshawar village for planting 43,000 plantings. District Collector Yogitha Rana, local MLA A Jeevan Reddy, Perkit village sarpanch Vijayalakshmi, Revenue Divisional Officer Yadi Reddy and others were present.
