Arboriculture' Will Now Become Part of Government Policy: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

Arboriculture means that a doctor for trees is now available to us. With the help of modern technology, it is possible to carry out tree conservation, tree transplantation, and new tree plantation in a scientific manner. Technology is available to scan cities and create digital twins for tree plantation planning. With advanced technology, it is now possible to verify whether a tree is about to fall, whether it should not be allowed to fall, and whether its branches are dangerous or not.

The state government had previously undertaken a programme to plant fifty crore trees. The publication 'Forest in India' has noted that forest area in Maharashtra has increased. To achieve thirty-three percent forest cover, a programme to plant three hundred crore trees has now been taken up. All this new plantation will be carried out using modern technology — taking into account agro-climatic conditions, soil types, which species of trees should be planted, and which trees can survive in which conditions — based on scientific data. For this purpose, arboriculturists, startups, and technologists from the arboriculture sector will be involved in the government process.

High Court permission is required to cut mangroves. Although the state government has cut mangroves for development work, mangrove parks have been created as compensation. The government's emphasis is on ensuring that green cover is not reduced alongside development, but rather increased.