Lucknow: In the review meeting convened in the meeting room of Forest Department Headquarters, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Forest, Zoo and Climate Change Uttar Pradesh Dr. Arun Kumar Saxena reviewed the following points in compliance with the instructions given for monitoring in the Government Order No. 161/81.5.2024 dated 24.5.2024 issued by the District Tree Plantation Committee to give special emphasis on the maintenance of tree plantations:-
• Security, irrigation and proper maintenance to ensure its success after plantation.
• On-site verification of departmental tree plantations of the Forest Department by inter-divisional investigation teams by the Forest Conservators.
• Assessment of success of third year and fourth year tree plantation by the departmental monitoring branch of the Forest Department.
• Level verification of tree plantations done by the Forest Department includes the legal status of the District Magistrate by forming inter-departmental investigation committees through the District Tree Plantation Committee or nominating sector and zonal officers. After the review, the Hon’ble Minister directed that the verification of plantation areas done by the department should be done as per the arrangement given in the thematic government order by the Forest Conservators through inter-divisional investigation teams, special survey by the departmental monitoring branch, verification of minimum 5 percent of the total plantation sites by the divisional level zonal officer etc. Similarly, the on-site verification of plantations done by other departments should be done by forming inter-departmental investigation committees through the District Plantation Committee or by nominating sector and zonal officers. The following instructions were given in the meeting:-
1. Field inspection should be made effective.
2. The report of inter-departmental verification should be regularly submitted to the Forest Headquarters.
3. No negligence should be taken in the security and irrigation of the plantation sites. In the review meeting held under the chairmanship of Honorable Minister, Principal Secretary, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Department, Uttar Pradesh, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Wildlife, Managing Director Uttar Pradesh Forest Corporation and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Research Training and Divisional Forest Officers of all the districts, Sub Divisional Forest Officers and all the Regional Forest Officers of the Division participated in online mode.
