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Wasteland declines by 5 lakh hectare during 2005-2008 [1]

New Delhi The country’s wasteland declined more than 5 lakh hectare during 2005-2008, a national wasteland atlas released on Wednesday has noted.

The atlas prepared by the National Remote Sensing Centre under the Indian Space Research Organisation has stated that wasteland during 2005-08 declined by 3.2 million hectare while increase in wasteland was to the tune of 2.7 million hectare.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2012
Financial Express (New Delhi) [2]
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