Principal chief conservator of forests, Suresh Chugh, onWednesday reviewed the progress on works being executed under CAPEX, CAMPA,CSS, district plan, FDA by the department.
The meeting were attended by senior officers of forest(territorial), social forestry, wildlife protection, soil and waterconservation, environment and remote sensing departments, forest protectionforce and state forest research institute (SFRI).
The implementing agencies informed the meeting that all theworks are going on in full swing and expected to be completed soon. It wasinformed that about 80% of the approved works have already been completed inregion while the remaining works are likely to be completed in time.
The PCCF directed officers to execute works under theirclose supervision and upload details and maps of all works on website ofe-green watch portal of Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, alink of which has been given on the website of the Forest Department.
It was informed in the meeting that the Forest departmentwould plant about 15.50 lakh saplings in Jammu region by March 2019. Besidesvarious works of infrastructure development like offices and residentialbuildings for front line staff, check posts and guard huts is in progress.
Pertinently, SFRI has distributed about 15,000 plants ofChinar, among various institutions and about 30,000 more Chinar plants arebeing distributed among different implementing agencies of forest department,in order to promote and conserve the State tree.
The PCCF said that special emphasis is being laid onprotection of forest boundaries through reinstallation of boundary pillars andupdation of demarcation records. Also, all forest areas vulnerable toencroachment are being identified and fenced on priority to preventencroachment. He asked officers to undertake advance works for protection offire prone forests in Jammu region.
PCCF asked the forest officers to prepare comprehensiveoutput oriented Perspective Plan for five years under all schemes for betterplanning and output.
He also reviewed the preparations for celebration ofInternational Forestry Day on March 21st 2019.