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States must transcend political boundaries to protect these shared ecological treasures

Parliament was informed that over 90,000 hectares of forest land was diverted in the past five years

Hyderabad: With copious rains this year, the Hara Bahara project in Telangana aims to drop about one crore seed balls in the forest area using drones this year. The effort is to cover 12,000 hectare across the State. The States’ IT and Forest Departments are driving this initiative. The ‘Hara Bahara’ project was announced formally […]

Hyderabad: Director General of Forests Chandra Prakash Goyal says Telangana’s afforestation programmes are impressive. Speaking to ‘Telangana Today‘ on the sidelines of a national workshop on Effective Implementation and Monitoring of Forestry Activities with Special Emphasis on Campa, Chandra Prakash Goyal said other States can take a cue from the programmes implemented in Telangana. Afforestation […]

Hyderabad: Actor Tanuj on Monday took-up the Green India Challenge (GIC) initiative, which is being promoted by TRS Rajya Sabha MP, J Santosh Kumar, by planting a sapling at GHMC park in Jubilee Hills. The actor was all praises for the unique afforestation initiative, which is being promoted in a big way by the Rajya […]

This is India’s first kind of project, planting 50 lakh trees in about 12,000 hectares of land in forests across all the 33 districts of Telangana