New Nagar Van Scheme to help in creation of Urban forests in cities

Union Environment and Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the New Nagar Van Scheme will help in creation of Urban forests in the cities.

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The scheme will also fill the gap between the cities and villages in terms of having their own forest cover. He cited India’s age old tradition of developing and caring for village forests in the vicinity of almost every rural patch.

Under the Nagar Van Scheme, Urban forests will be developed in 200 cities in its first phase.