Raipur, 06 June 2021. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, while launching the Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Promotion Scheme state-wide through a virtual program organized at his residence office today, said that through this we have resolved to save and beautify the environment as well as improve the economic condition of the villagers and farmers. have taken. With everyone’s participation, we will fulfill this resolve. He said that under the Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Promotion Scheme, a provision has also been made to give incentive money to the people for planting fruitful, timber, non-timber and medicinal plants.
On this occasion, Mr. Baghel asked everyone to widely publicize the Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Promotion Scheme and motivate and encourage people to plant saplings and protect it. The Chief Minister said that this time tree plantation campaign is being conducted in the state as a tree plantation promotion scheme. With more public participation in this, the guarantee of success of plantation will also be more.
Forest Minister Shri Mohammad Akbar said that the Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Promotion Scheme will prove to be a revolutionary scheme. Through this scheme, plantation will be done in private land with the help of forest department. He gave detailed information about the provision of this scheme and said that the rules for felling and transportation of trees planted under it have been simplified. Farmers will not need to take permission for felling the trees planted in their fields. Only the department has to be informed. The need for passes for transportation has also been done away with.
Food Minister Mr. Amarjit Bhagat, Parliamentary Secretary Mr. Chintamani Maharaj, Mrs. Rashmi Ashish Singh, Mr. Vinod Chandrakar, Mr. Shishupal Sori, MPs Mr. Deepak Baij, Mr. Mohan Mandavi and Mr. Arun Sao attended the program through video conferencing. Panchayat officials and farmers appreciated the Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Protsahan Yojana and said that this would improve the environment and the condition of farmers in the state of Chhattisgarh. He called it a unique initiative of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. On this occasion many farmers talked about adopting plantation of fruit trees instead of paddy. People’s representatives said that the provision of incentive money under this scheme will bring awareness among the people about tree plantation and its safety. Tree plantation will increase the income of the people.
The people’s representatives of Bastar and Surguja regions said that this would improve the economic condition of the people of Vananchal. Usha Patel, President, District Panchayat Mahasamund said that many farmers of the area are converting their Dhanha farm into Tikra again to adopt tree plantation under the Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Promotion Scheme. He urged the Chief Minister to make available fruit plants of good variety to the farmers so that farmers can get good income from it. Appreciating the efforts being made by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for the prosperity and well-being of the villagers and farmers, Vice President Shri Laxman Patel said that this scheme of plantation will also bring happiness in the lives of the villagers and farmers.
In the program, the Chief Minister addressed the village Kohkimari, Dilmili and Karpavand of Bastar, village Bhelaikhurd in Balrampur district, Kulgaon village in Kanker district, Mungaimata village in Mahasamund district, Sendri village on the banks of Arpa river in Bilaspur, forest management committees in village Lohajhari in Kawardha district. Congratulations and best wishes for the planting of fruit trees of different species by the farmers. On this occasion, Advisors to the Chief Minister, Mr. Rajesh Tiwari and Mr. Vinod Verma, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister Mr. Subrata Sahu, Principal Secretary Forest Mr. Manoj Pingua, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Mr. Rakesh Chaturvedi and other officers were present.
Raipur : Resolve to save, beautify the environment and increase the income of farmers: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel
