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Modi to kickstart ‘Aravalli Green Wall’ campaign to reforest world’s oldest mountain range

The Aravalli range will also be developed for safaris, nature parks and trekking to involve communities in the campaign.

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New Delhi: It may be a mountain of work, but soon there may be hope for the Aravallis, often referred to as the lungs of the National Capital Region.

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) will initiate the Aravalli Green Wall project to reforest the 700-km Aravalli range, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi kickstarting the drive on World Environment Day (5 June).

According to senior officials in the environment ministry, 29 districts in four states—Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Gujarat—that house the Aravallis have been identified for tree plantation. These trees will act as a barrier against dust, pollution—a step to prevent desertification.

“This campaign will be an extension of the ongoing ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’,” a ministry official said, adding that the drive aims at large-scale landscape restoration, building an uninterrupted wildlife corridor for indigenous species and groundwater recharge of the region.

Last year, PM Modi had inaugurated the government’s ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign from Delhi’s Buddha Jayanti Park by planting a Peepul tree.

A long-term intervention for the Aravalli

The Aravalli Green Wall project will not only focus on plantation but will also improve the overall health of one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world.

Officials said state governments have also been asked to develop nurseries in these identified districts, which will feed the plantation drive in the next few months.

“It’s not a one-time plantation drive. There will be around 1,000 nurseries, which will be developed with local plant species. These will continue to feed the range,” the official said.

The Aravalli range will also be developed for safaris, nature parks and trekking to involve communities in the campaign. Authorities will also be involved in the removal of invasive species and the replantation of native species along the range.

“By 2027, we will likely finish the first phase of the campaign. It will be an ongoing effort to restore the natural wall of the region,” he said.

(Edited by Viny Mishra)


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1 COMMENT

  1. Can Modi stop the rampant construction activity that has been going on in and around the Aravalis? That should have been the first step! This is nothing more than just eyewash!

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