50 lakh saplings to be planted in Khammam in next Haritha Haram
Khammam: The district administration has planned to plant 50 lakh saplings in the next phase of Haritha Haram in the district.
The District Collector VP Gautham who held a meeting to review Haritha Haram target for 2022, said that in order to make 50 lakh saplings available nurseries have been set up in every gram panchayat in the district.
He wanted a sufficient number of saplings grown for taking up canal bund plantation. Similarly saplings required by households, farmers and for avenue plantation have to be grown. Care must be taken for the survival of the saplings already planted.
Gautham asked officials to identify gaps in multi-layer avenue plantations on main highways and in the villages. Every nursery should have a fencing, water facility, gate and shade nets. Saplings of dates palm and wild date palms have to be grown in nueries for canal bund plantation.
Farmers interested in growing teak plants have to identify and provide them teak saplings to plant at their farm fields. Forest an DRDA officials have to visit the nurseries where the management of nurseries was not on expected lines, he suggested.
Steps to start nurseries where there was need in Khammam Municipal Corporation and municipalities in the district have to be taken. Similarly measures to continue the existing nurseries in the next year and to improve facilities have to be taken, Gautham added.
Handicrafts mela gets underway
Speaking after inaugurating a handicrafts mela held under the aegis of NABARD on Friday, the Collector said the State government was making committed efforts to promote handicrafts and NGOs engaged in handicrafts making.
Craftsmen have faced different problems due to the Covid crisis in the past two years. The public should visit the three day mela and purchase the handmade products like wooden toys, jute bags and others on display at 28 stalls, he added.
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