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Plantation of new trees in Mumbai plummets by a staggering 72% in two years

September 14, 2024 1:30 pm

While 72,212 trees were planted by the BMC's garden department in Mumbai between 2023 - 2024, 76,189 trees were planted in the city in 2022-23. This is far below the 2.65 lakh trees that were planted across the city in 2021 - 2022.

Farmers with the cheque they received as carbon credit compensation, during an event in Hoshiarpur, Tuesday. (Express Photo)

In a first, Punjab farmers take home cheque worth Rs 1.75 cr as carbon credit compensation

August 07, 2024 9:18 am

3,686 farmers from Hoshiarpur, Ropar, Mohali, Pathankot, and Nawanshahr registered under `45-cr pilot project

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400 trees planted in South Extension dead; Delhi HC raps forest, PWD officials

December 19, 2023 11:57 am

The Delhi HC sought to know the number of inspections carried out with regard to these trees and the steps taken for their preservation. It also directed the authorities to set up a monitoring cell.

‘Plant 10 saplings for 1 fallen tree’: Chandigarh okays felling of 1,348 eucalyptus trees on railway land

November 16, 2023 9:36 am

The plantation will consist of indigenous species, replacing the exotic eucalyptus, with 1,200 trees on the Panchkula side and 148 on the Chandigarh side.t

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Concerns emerge over plan to plant 2,400 Banyan trees amid Banni grassland restoration

August 05, 2023 10:59 am

The decision, however, has raised some concerns as the banyan tree, often referred a micro forest, could change the ecosystem of the grassland that once was also home to cheetahs.

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Adityanath sets target of planting 35 crore saplings

July 12, 2023 6:53 am

Department and division-wise targets of plantation have been fixed by the Forest Department and and efforts will be made to plant at least 1,000 saplings in every gram panchayat, it is learnt.

‘What you will plant today you will see fructify’: HC passes directions on planting trees across Delhi

July 08, 2023 10:08 am

On May 29, the Delhi High Court had ordered the plantation of 10,000 trees across the city by utilising over Rs 70 lakh deposited as costs by defaulting litigants in various cases.

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PMC undertakes tree plantation for riverfront development project

June 06, 2023 4:26 am

According to the civic body’s proposal, a total of 7,539 trees will be affected as 3,110 of them would be removed and 4,329 would be transplanted.

World Forest Day: Chhattisgarh aims to plant 15 crore commercial trees in 5 years

March 22, 2023 12:20 pm

The government wants to promote commercial plantation of teak, bamboo, Malabar neem, eucalyptus, and sandalwood on the farmers' fields and also on the land of government and private institutions. Environmentalists hail the scheme, but urge the government to conserve real forest cover.