STATE EDITIONS
87K TREES NEED TO BE
PLANTED ON B’NGIR ROADSIDES
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While widening of roads is welcomed by people as it accelerates
process of faster communication and helps bring economic development of a
region, yet the felling of a large number of trees, most of them over 30 years’
old, are not tolerated in Balangir district as they damage the ecology system.
According to official sources, widening work has been taken up on
four roads, Balangir-Sonepur road, Balangir-Patnagarh-Kantabanji-Chandotora,
Balangiri-Salebhata and Balangir-Belgaon road.
However forest approval for felling of roadside trees on
Bolangir-Belgaon road has not been given.
As per the rules, one tree has to be planted in every four metre
gap on both sides of the road. Likewise, about 10,000 trees on along the
Balangir -Sonepur road up to Bairsar, 57,000 trees along the
Balangir-Patnagarh-Kantabanji-Chandotatra road and 20, 000 trees along the
Balangir-Salebhata road needs to be planted as a compensatory measure.
The executing agency has submitted a proposal to the Forest
Department stating that it would carry out plantation of 10 times the number
trees to be felled and look after their maintenance for the next 10 years.
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