Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

state. Under this programme, plants are raised in the departmental nurseries and are supplied
to the public at rates fixed by the Government.
9.4.22 Forestry research is an essential requirement to bring the department abreast
of all the latest scientific developments in this sector and also the research trials are necessary
prior to adoption of new techniques in the field. The main activities on which stress is being
laid in the research field are hi-tech nurseries for production of quality planting stock to
increase the productivity, species provenance trials, post harvest treatment of wood, soil
amelioration measures and edaphic factors effecting tree growth. In addition to the above,
research support for mass production of quality seedlings either by vegetative propagation or
from certified seeds will also be undertaken under this component. Besides research
activities, training programmes for front line staff such as forest guards, foresters, range
officers will also be undertaken at departmental research and training Institute at District
Hoshiarpur.
9.4.23 Large areas are available for plantation with Government /Institutions like
Punjab State Electricity Board, Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation, Rural
Development Department, Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board, Educational Institutes
etc. Presently, these areas are lying waste and can easily and usefully be brought under tree
cover. It is proposed to undertake an area of 500 hactare of institutional land for plantation.
9.4.24 The Army, Air Force, Police and Para-Military forces (PAP, BSF, CRPF,
NGO’s etc.) and Educational Institutions etc. have also considerable unutilized lands at their
disposal which they are keen to bring under tree cover for environmental, aesthetic and
economical reasons. In order to promote the cause of increasing the green cover of the State,
it is proposed to provide 10 lac sapling free of cost to them for raising plantations in
unutilized lands.
9.4.25 Under OECF/JBIC assisted Punjab Aforestation project, various activities viz
afforestation, soil conservation, research works etc. were carried out. In addition, permanent
assets viz building, infrastructure etc. were also created under this project. All such works
and assets will be maintained under this component of the scheme.
9.4.26 It is also proposed to deploy on contract basis (out sourced/hired) social
development facilitators in concerned forest divisions, circles and zone of the Shivalik Tract
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