Haryana eyes World Bank funding for green project

Preeti Parashar
Posted: Friday, Nov 07, 2008 at 0012 hrs IST
Updated: Friday, Nov 07, 2008 at 0012 hrs IST

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Chandigarh, Nov 6 : The Haryana forest department has proposed a resource management and livelihood project to the World Bank for funding.

The step aims to bring about 20% of the total land area under forests by 2020. The project has been approved by the Centre and approval from the World Bank is expected soon.

With an estimated cost of Rs 230 crore, the project will be implemented in 500 villages spread over 11 districts of the state including Ambala, Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Bhiwani, and Rewari.

S K Dhar, principal chief conservator of forests told FE that a three-member pre-approval mission of World Bank visited Haryana recently and was convinced about sanctioning the project to the state. “The team has suggested a few changes in the proposal with new components to be added. They have asked us to include the water logged areas of Jhajjar, Rohtak, and Sonepat in the plan after which the financial agreement will be signed,” said Dhar.

The objective of the project is to improve the natural environment through sustainable management of rural resources as well as reducing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

The project will also undertake all necessary steps to generate Kyoto-compliant carbon credits under the roles established for afforestation and reforestation as well as energy efficient activities under clean development mechanism.

The carbon credits generated by the projects will represent an additional income for the local communities.

“Our focus will be to work with the local community and helping in women empowerment. We will also encourage formation of the self-help groups so as to involve the people in various activities. Special attention will also be paid to the needs and perspectives of various disadvantaged groups. The model villages are ready and the strategy is to enhance the radius of our activities taking the project to more villages,” Dhar added.

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