Environment Protection

COMPENSATORY AFFORESTATION

Many of the projects coming up on Narmada River and its tributaries involve submergence of forest land. In order to compensate the loss of forests Compensatory Afforestation works are being carried out on revenue and degraded forest lands under various projects. The progress of afforestation and the felling of trees under these projects is as follows :-

Project

Compensatory Afforestation

Felling of Forest

 

Target (ha.)

Achievement (ha.)

Target (ha.)

Achievement (ha.)

Sardar Sarovar

8737

8737.000

85804

80450

Indira Sagar

81444

81344

9561272

9537529

Omkareshwar

11660

11660

739844

715362

Maheshwar

-

-

-

-

Man

4

-

5679

4789

Jobat

384

385.577

9828

 

The effort and stress of the Govt. of M.P. is to usher a new era of development by expeditious completion of the projects of the Narmada Valley with the minimal inconvenience to the Project Affected Families. 

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