Funds for Afforestation

The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has recently released the Detailed Project Reports (DPR) prepared by Indian Council of Forestry, Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun for Rejuvenation of 13 Major Rivers namely Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, Jhelum, Luni, Yamuna, Mahanadi, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery through Forestry interventions. The programme interventions include tree plantation, soil and moisture conservation works in the catchment area and river front development to increase green cover and carbon sink, reduce silt load & flooding and enhance ground water recharge etc., besides generating employment.

 

Thetotal financial requirement to the interventions proposed in these thirteen DPRs is Rs. 19,342.62 crore under 4 major components viz(a) Implementation of Forestry Interventions, (b) Strengthening Knowledge Management and National Capacity Development, (c) Maintenance Phase including Scaling Up and Replication of Successful Models, and (d) National Coordination for Forestry Interventions and River Conservation. The details of State-wise outlayincluding Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is given in Annexure.

 

The DPRs have been forwarded to concerned State Governments for implementation with multi-departmental participation. The State Forest Departments together with concerned Departments namely Agricultural & Horticulture Department, Urban Municipal Bodies, Department of Rural Development etc. are envisaged to implement the DPRs with the funding sources under various Central and State Government schemes.

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

 

 

 

 

Annexure

 

State-wise Details of total outlay for implementation of DPRs for rejuvenation of 13 Major Rivers through forestry interventions

 

Sl. No.	States/ UTs	Total Outlay for State/UT (Rs. in Crore)
1	Andhra Pradesh	263.45
2	Arunachal Pradesh	320.31
3	Assam	471.09
4	Chhattisgarh	571.72
5	Delhi	10.73
6	Gujarat	439.5
7	Haryana	67.28
8	Himachal Pradesh	1760.7
9	J&K UT	743.23
10	Karnataka	2021.59
11	Kerala	569.04
12	Madhya Pradesh	2110.25
13	Maharashtra	1392.13
14	Manipur	4.34
15	Meghalaya	67.3
16	Nagaland	121.07
17	Odisha	674.15
18	Puducherry UT	6.8
19	Punjab	432.07
20	Rajasthan	2757.47
21	Sikkim	23.58
22	Tamil Nadu	1253.32
23	Telangana	927.9
24	Uttar Pradesh	451.78
25	Uttarakhand	123.71
26	West Bengal	72.86

 

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