Letter: Determination can definitely move the mountain.
A good example of such determination was seen in a solid man-made forest in a four kilometer belt between the railway line and the old NH-8 – made with the unity of citizens and some assistance from the authorities designed a barren landscape.
The Board of Residents Bharuch planted thousands of trees on the ground below which were used by the Railroad department and turned it into hope forests and homes for birds in the future.
The founder and guardian of the Bharuch Citizen Council, Manoj Anandpura said, “In the current concrete development scenario, we are thinking of creating a green space and board members contact the district collector on July 15, 2019 with a proposal.
With his support, we meet with the Department of Social Forestry request that we plant trees in their land.
We signed the MoU with the Ministry of Forestry and this is how it revava, our small forest grows.
“Anandpura further said that the Board also created a green cover near Narmada Riverbanks and that their green business also got support Finance from several industries too.
An organic farmer Villages Amleshwar, Nitin Bhatt, who is also part of this tree plantation project from the beginning said that he used his experience in organic farming to plant different species that would help withdraw various types of butterflies, honeybees, and forest birds.
“I am entrusted by caring for plants, cleaning plantation sites and also keeping puppies too.
We choose 80% of local species that can survive easily while the remaining 20% are included in the species that can adapt to the land and grow,” added Bhatt.
Mohamad Jagdiwal, 50, an AVID Nature businessman and lover said that this project aims to the next generation.
“There are around 55 different bird species, many of which are not seen regularly.
We have planted various trees following traditional procedures and only use natural compost,” he added.
Residents unite to expand Bharucha’s green lungs from barren land 4 km
