Forest Deptt starts home delivery of saplings for Rs 10
   Date :21-Jun-2019

 
Staff Reporter:
 
Initiating towards Green and clean environment, MP Forest Department has started home delivery of plants at nominal charges of Rs 10 per sapling under ‘tree at your door’ campaign. The department has initiated this nobel step to promote plantation drive in state. Pre-monsoon has already knocked the city door and this year weather department is expecting good rain from June 22 onwards. Officials of forest department said with starting of Monsoon people starts giving time to their garden and it is the best season to decorate your garden and nearby areas with trees.
 
 
Forest officials said people do not need to wander around private nurseries or somewhere else in search of plant saplings. Forest department has launched the scheme in which anyone can get varities of tree saplings after submitting demand letter at the rate of Rs 10 per sapling. People can also check the availability of tree samplings on official portal of forest department where more than 170 nurseries are associated. One can also submit online demand of tree sapling.
 
 
According to forest department anyone wish to get the tree sapling need to submit demand letter at nearby forest office. After receiving the demand letter, concerned forest officials of the area would contact you to provide the plant after submitting the charges. Forest officials would be approving the demand letter after submission and Nursery that one would choose to get the plant, automatic SMS will be arrived to the nursery in-charge. Under this scheme, one can get both fruits and non-fruit tree sapling. Tree varieties to be delivered at home ranges from mango, Neem, Belpatra, Peepal, Lemon, Awla, Jamun, Sagon, Arjun, guava, etc.