CHANDIGARH: Punjab aims to increase the area under forests and trees to 7.5% of the total area of the state by the year 2030 from 6.1% from present. Punjab forests and wildlife protection minister Lal Chand Kataruchak set the target on Monday, while chairing a meeting of the senior officers of his department at Forest Complex in Mohali.
The minister said to achieve the goal and to make Punjab a greener state, about 1.15 crore saplings would be planted by the forest department during the year 2022-23. Out of these, about 60 lakh saplings will be planted on forest land as per requirement and about 55 lakh saplings by farmers and people.
