New Delhi, 26th June 2021: With the increasing number of wildlife in the forest, the Ministry of Forests and Environment is now engaged inadequate provision of their fodder and water.
Union Forest and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday approved projects related to this in ten states including Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. Under this, new areas will be created in the forests of all these states. So that there will be adequate availability of water for wildlife. At the same time, the water level of the entire forest area will also improve. The availability of water will also lead to the rapid growth of other vegetation including grass in the forest.
Javadekar said that the project for the remaining 16 states will also be approved soon. At present, the project has been approved in ten states of the country, including Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Goa, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, and Tripura. The ministry believes that with this whole initiative, wildlife will not have to wander for water and fodder. At the same time, it will reduce the conflict between wildlife and humans. At present, wildlife goes out into the forest in search of fodder and water and damages the fields. After which their struggle with human beings begins. But when the wildlife gets enough water and fodder inside the forest, they will not come out.
With the approval of these forest-related projects, the Union Minister for Forests and Environment said that these works would be carried out with the amount provided to the states under the CAMPA (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority) fund. At the same time, after the recommendation of the Finance Commission, all the states have been given fifteen per cent more budget this time. About Rs, 40,000 crores have been given to all the states last year under the CAMPA for forest development.
Significantly, the ministry had enlisted the help of WAPCOS, an agency attached to the Ministry of Water Power has prepared this survey of all the forests with the the help of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology.