PM Narendra Modi launches Aravalli Green Wall Project

On World Environment Day, which is well known at present, PM Modi additionally highlighted the significance of reforesting the Aravalli vary beneath the Aravalli Green Wall venture.

“In the Aravalli range and beyond, in addition to the traditional planting methods, we will encourage new techniques especially in urban and semi-urban areas where there are space constraints. Plantation activities will be geo-tagged and monitored on the Meri LiFE portal”, PM Modi stated in a put up on X (previously Twitter).

He highlighted that the area faces a number of environmental challenges which the federal government is dedicated to addressing.

“It is widely known that the Aravalli range is one of the oldest on our planet, covering Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. The past several years have brought to the fore several environmental challenges relating to this range, which our government is committed to mitigating. Our focus is to rejuvenate areas linked with this range. We are going to work with the respective local administrations and going to emphasise things such as improving water systems, curbing dust storms, stopping eastward expansion of the Thar desert and more,” PM Modi wrote.

“Today, on #WorldEnvironmentDay, we strengthened the #EkPedMaaKeNaam initiative with a special tree plantation drive. I planted a sapling at the Bhagwan Mahavir Vanasthali Park in Delhi. This is also part of our effort to reforest the Aravalli range – the Aravalli Green Wall project,” he stated.

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HT reported on June 4 that the Aravalli Green Wall venture will take a look at large-scale panorama restoration throughout 4 states by removing of prospis juliflora (a sort of mesquite) and planting of native species, particularly in reserved forest areas beneath the forest departments. Trees such because the khair (Indian gum arabic), ronjh (White-barked Acacia); dhau (axlewood), pilkhan (white fig), salai (Indian frankincense), amongst others, are native to the belt.

Aravallis are possible the nation’s oldest mountain vary, spanning 670 km, and runs in a southwesterly route from Delhi to Gujarat. It boasts 22 wildlife sanctuaries together with 4 tiger reserves (Ranthambore is one) and chook parks. It is the supply of essential rivers together with the Chambal. And it hosts the one main forest within the National Capital Region, with instruments from the decrease Palaeolithic interval (3.3 million years to 300,000 years in the past) and cave artwork being discovered within the hills across the forest.