Majeed Sheeri
Srinagar: Forest Department shall be developing Smitri Vans in different areas of Kashmir in the coming planting season.
As per reports, today Conservator of Forests Srinagar Forest Circle
Irfan Ali Shah( IFS) alongwith DFO Urban Forestry Division , Range officers etc conducted a comprehensive baseline survey of potential sites for DEVELOPMENT OF SMRITI VANS in Urban Forestry Division, Srinagar. Two potential sites were identified for the purpose during the survey.
A Senior forest official said ” We have been directed to identify degraded forest lands where people could plant saplings of different viable tree species in memory of someone or some event”
“All the Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs) have been directed to identify potential sites for Smriti Van Development in their respective Forest Divisions and to submit DPRs for the same”, said an forest official.
Civil society members have hailed this innovative effort of the Forest department for Greening of Degraded Forest Areas through public participation.
