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CURRENT AFFAIRS
4000 Km Long Great ‘Green Wall’ Of India Planned
By The Government
A 5km long and 1400km wide green belt to
be built from Gujarat to the border of Delhi-
Haryana. The plan is yet to be executed
and the officials are enthusiastic about
implementing it in order to overcome land
degradation.
In the conference COP14 of the United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
in India, this plan was discussed. This plan is
still awaiting financial clearance.
By 2030, India intends to restore 26 million
hectares of land that is degraded.
About a decade back, this plan was discussed,
however, it couldn’t be implemented as
several other countries would be involved in
it. At this point in time, it is India’s priority to
make this plan turn into reality.
In 2016, the ISRO had studied about which
places in India have the most degraded land
and the study concluded that Delhi, Rajasthan,
and Gujarat has 50 percent of degraded land.
Highlights Of The Plan
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The officials foresee that implementing this
plan will benefit us in two ways. It will repair
the degraded land through afforestation and
will safeguard cities from dust that comes in
through deserts.
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This green belt from Porbandar to Panipat
will help regions such as Rajasthan, Haryana,
Gujarat, and New Delhi. This green belt will
cover the Aravali regions.
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All the dust coming from the Thar Desert will
be controlled by the green belt.
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Afforestation will be encouraged after
checking desertification.
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For now, all the details have been collected,
the plan is yet to be executed.
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This would be one of India’s legacy program
when the plan is implemented to improve all the
degraded lands.