Dima Hasao Forest Department plants more than 5 lakh saplings since July 1

A Correspondent

Haflong: The Dima Hasao Forest and Environment Department has planted 5, 40,000 saplings since July 1 till August 13 and also organized 25 awareness programmes on Jal Shakti Abhiyan in different parts of the district from July 1, informed the Chief Conservator of Forest, M Tungnung on Tuesday.

It is a time-bound, mission-mode water conservation campaign under the banner of Jal Shakti Abhiyan which was initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently.

Under this campaign, officers from various line departments, groundwater experts and scientists from the Government of India will work together with State and district officials in India's most water-stressed districts for water conservation and water resource management by focusing on accelerated implementation of five target interventions. Dima Hasao has been identified by the government as one such water-stressed district in Assam.

For this, the campaign will run through by the team seeking help from the local farmers of that area as the rain pattern and water availability throughout different areas vary depending on their topography. For this campaign, citizen participation has been encouraged by the government along with all the line departments such as forest department, PHE, DRDA, water resources, irrigation, agriculture, fisheries and soil conservation to work in coordination as a team to improve water use efficiency.

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