PRAYAGRAJ: The Ganga Task Force (GTF), the Territorial Army team of 137 Composite Ecological Task Force (CETF) Bn (TA) 39 Gorkha Rifles, entrusted with the mandate of conserving the Ganga basin is also working to rejuvenate the lost forest cover through afforestation and thereby minimising soil erosion. The team has been working for afforestation by using ‘seed balls’ — soil …
Ganderbal: The J&K Forest Department organized a Mega plantation programme under initiative “Green J&K Drive” at Sainik School hillock in Manasbal Ganderbal. During the drive around 10, 000 Saplings of different varieties were planted on 7 hectares of land which witnessed participation forest officials, school management and civil society members. The drive was initiated by PCCF J&K, Dr Mohit Gera, …
Hundreds of trees were destroyed in a massive fire which engulfed a forested area in Malanggad of Maharashtra’s Thane district on Thursday evening, officials said on Friday. The patch on the Malanggad Hill in Kumbharli village under Ambernath taluka, around 50 kilometres from Mumbai, caught fire at around 6.00pm and the blaze engulfed a major area. “The fire was reported …
If there is an award for the effort towards afforestation on Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao’s 66th birthday on Monday, Marut Drones will emerge as a strong contender for the same. The start-up company in drone technology applications, together with the Forest department, has attempted dispersal of 15,000 seed balls in the forests near Veernapally village of Rajanna Sircilla district in …
BENGALURU: Come February 14, the common scene near colleges would be young boys and girls holding roses or chocolates or teddy bears. But Surana College in Bengaluru is celebrating ‘Green is my Valentine’.Surana College was the first to start a seed bank in college where students collect seeds from the fruits they eat and put them in a collection box every …
