3 lakh trees' plantation in Kanha- Pench corridor in 3 years

BHOPAL: Three lakh trees will be planted in three years in corridor linking Kanha National Park and Pench National park. The project will focus on increasing forest cover linking Kanha-Pench National Park to facilitate wildlife movement, enlarge wildlife habitats and improve water catchment.
This project will create about 25,000 workdays of direct jobs, mainly for women and tribal inhabiting the area in addition to supporting several allied livelihood generating activities such as farming, fruit and honey gathering on a sustained basis.The site is in Sijhora Range and would be jointly protected by three villages - Majhipur, Jogisoda and Chandiya.
The following is a CSR initiative by Vodafone India in partnership with Grow-Trees.com, exclusive Indian Planting Partner for United Nation's Environment Program's Billion Tree Campaign.
A variety of trees, including Karani, Harra, Baheda, Bamboo, Khamer, Ladiya, Mango and Amla, local to region will be planted. Saplings of these are already being grown in special nurseries funded by Grow-Trees.com.
Ashish Chandra, Business Head-MP&CG, Vodafone India, said, "With nine national parks and 25 wildlife sanctuaries, almost 25% of state is covered with forests. This project also hugely focuses on encouraging tiger breeding and movement in the Kanha-Pench corridor."
Bikrant Tiwari, CEO, Grow-Trees.com, said, "Approximately 45% of India's land is degraded primarily due to deforestation, unsustainable agricultural practices, and mining and excessive groundwater extraction. More than two thirds of this can be regenerated and our endeavour is to facilitate this by providing planting opportunities to individual and corporate customers.