Aravalli Green Wall Project

By IASbook Team September 26, 2023 Educational Resources 0 Comments

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change inaugurated the Aravalli Green Wall Project at a function organized to celebrate International day of Forests at Tikli village, Haryana on March 25, 2023.
On the same occasion, the minister also unveiled the National Action Plan to Combat Desertification and Land Degradation Through Forestry Interventions.

It is an ambitious plan to create a 1,400km long and 5km wide green belt buffer around the Aravali Mountain range covering states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi.
In the initial phase, 75 water bodies will be rejuvenated, starting with five waterbodies each in every district of Aravalli landscape.
These water bodies will cover degraded land in Gurgaun, Faridabad, Bhiwani, Mahendergarh and in Rewari districts of Haryana.
The plan is inspired by Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall project, running from Senegal (West) to Djibouti (East), which came into effect in 2007.