The government plans to employ workers Scheme National Rural Employment Generation in a big way to implement 'Telanganaku HARITA haram', a project designed to increase forest cover in the state.
Having set a big goal of planting seedlings 130 crore outside forest areas in the state, the government, for the first time, aims to involve even large farmers planting campaign.
In the united AP, units plantings on smaller scales were limited only to the participation of small and marginal farmers and objectives established for the purpose were minimal. For example, last year just 5 crore saplings were planted in 23 districts, officials said commissionerate rural development.
According to the elaborate arrangements, field assistants rural development department will identify suitable sites for planting young trees. It may be on the premises of government offices', vacant land owned by the government or land owned by individual farmers.
For planting in fields, each farmer will be given a maximum of 160 seedlings per hectare for bund plantations and planting 600 trees to block. These young trees, mostly teak, being raised in government and private nurseries in districts and will be ready by July, when it is expected that the first phase of the monsoon.
"The authorities of the government office concerned responsible for the healthy growth of plantations in their office premises would," a senior official in the department added, revealing the finalized guidelines for implementing the program in a meeting recent high-level meeting.
To ensure that the tree seedlings are served well, the government has set strict rules before paying farmers. According completion rates by the government, farmers will be paid `10 and` to dig a hole 4 for planting a sapling. They will be paid `5 per plant at the end of each month for two years. However, this comes with a strict rider: should ensure that at least half of the young trees planting must survive.
"That means there must be a proper maintenance. Farmers need water the plants and clean up debris regularly to ensure they get paid for two full years," he said.
