Trees to be planted on 150 hectares of forest land in Sirsamal village

Aurangabad, July 10:

In past four years, eco-battalion has so far planted 6.76 lakh trees on 764 hectares of land. To take this work forward, the eco-battalion has decided to plant trees on 150 hectares of forest land in Sirsamal village. The land was recently inspected by forest department and battalion officials.

It was seen that some citizens of Sirsamal village had encroached on the forest land. The villagers were then instructed by the forest department and eco battalion officials to show the land ownership documents. However, no farmers came with the documents. Eco-battalion commanding officer colonel M A Khan, project officer Lieutenant colonel Mithil S Jayakar, captain Mehta Heet and forest department officials recently inspected the land. Over 1.60 lakh trees can be planted on this land. The forest officials informed that eco-battalion is ready to plant these trees. The forest lands will be handed over to the eco-battalion and tree plantation will soon be carried out.

Discussion with the villagers

Eco-battalion commanding officer colonel M A Khan met the citizens of Sirsamal village and learned about their problems. He also said that more fruit bearing trees will be planted in the forest land. Also, farmers in the village harvest once a year. Therefore, the manpower required for tree planting will be made available from the village itself. This will provide employment to many people in the village.