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Afforestation drive fails to take roots [1]

Three years after over a lakh trees were axed and nearly two lakh plants uprooted for widening of the National Highway-I, Punjab is finding it hard to meet its afforestation target due to paucity o

Publication Date: 
05/05/2012
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Afforestation [4], Punjab [5], National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) [6], Patiala (D) [7], Ludhiana (D) [8], Jalandhar (D) [9], Trees [10], Ecosystems [11]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/afforestation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-highways-authority-india-nhai
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/patiala-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ludhiana-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jalandhar-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems