KTR appeals Environment Ministry to set up demonstrative farms to train young officers

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao wanted the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to consider announcing national level rankings on net zero as was being done in Ease of Doing Business. This would promote States to work more effectively towards ensuing net zero emissions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had […]

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao wanted the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to consider announcing national level rankings on net zero as was being done in Ease of Doing Business.

This would promote States to work more effectively towards ensuing net zero emissions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already announced grand plans and targets on net zero emissions. Announcing rankings would lead to healthy competition between State Governments, he suggested.

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Addressing at the national workshop on Effective Implementation and Monitoring of Forestry Activities with Special Emphasis on Campa here on Friday, the Minister appealed to the Ministry to explore possibilities of setting up demonstrative farms to train young officers in forest department on tree survival rate and extensive plantations.

These could be set up on the lines of Agriculture department’s Krishi Vignan Kendras. There are six different types of soils in Telangana alone and there could be more types across the country. Establishing demonstrative farms would help in effective training of department personnel, he stressed.

Highlighting Telangana Government’s meausres in leveraging NREGA funds in executing different works, including Multi Level Avenue Plantation, the Minister said there was need to incentivise performing States.

Even before the Central Government announced policies on drones, Telangana government had promoted use of drones in different sectors. Forest department used drones for dropping seed balls and other departments were using drones for supplying medicines to remote areas under the Medicine from Sky initiative, he pointed out.

He specifically wanted the forest department to be more pragmatic in its approach towards development works proposed by State Government’s. Telangana has developed urban infrastructure and also leads in increasing green cover in the country, he said adding” We have to balance all the aspects and there should not be conflict of interest,”.

Appreciating the MAUD Minister’s proposal to announce ranks on net zero performances, Director General of Forests, Chandra Prakash Goyal said the proposal would be taken up with the Ministry and come up with plans.

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