While in Mumbai, people are on roads braving rains, protesting the order to cut down 2,700 trees in Aarey Forest for a metro project, the Uttar Pradesh government had decided to give “heritage” status trees that are over 100 years old.
The Principal Chief Conservator of forests (PCCF), Pawan Kumar, has directed the state’s Forest Department to collaborate with gram sabhas to classify such trees in their respective village areas and ensure their conservation.
Once the identification of such trees is done, a display board will be put up near each tree giving details about its age, species and how it is beneficial to both man and animal.