Indian Railways signed MoU with Haryana & Punjab
Indian Railways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with forest departments of Haryana and Punjab to plant trees alongside Railway Track on Railway Land Boundary. The MoU paves way for planting 5 lakh trees during this season.
- With this, Railway can contribute substantially towards the Green India Mission.
- Forest department is involved in the plantation as well as maintenance and disposal of trees, thus bringing in the much needed expertise in afforestation.
- The MoU also helps in protecting railway land from encroachment.
- Plantation along the railway track will be done by without declaring such land as protected forest with the provision for resumption of such land at any time by railways.
- All Zonal railways have been asked to execute similar agreement between their zones and concerned State Forest departments as early as possible.
