ABSTRACT

HARITHA HARAM IS THE BRAINCHILD OF TELANGANA STATE CHIEF MINISTER,

K.CHANDRASHEKHAR RAO. HE HAS LAUNCHED IT ON JULY 5, 2015 WITH AN AIM
TO INCREASE THE TREE COVER IN THE TELANGANA STATE . THE STATE
GOVERNMENT HAS INITIATED A FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME , TELANGANA KU
HARITHA HARAM FOR TAKING MASSIVE AFFORESTRATION ACTIVITIES TO
INCREASE THE GREEN COVER OF THE STATE TO THE DESIRED LEVEL OF 33% OF
THE TOTAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA UNDER FOREST/TREE COVER TO MIANTAIN
ENVIRONMENT STABILITY AND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE WHICH ARE VITAL FOR
SUSTENANCE OF ALL LIFE-FORMS,HUMAN ,ANIMAL.
OBJECTIVES:
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF HARITHA HARAM SCHEME IS TO BUILD THE TELANGANA
INTO A GREEN CITY BY PLANTING , WHICH MAY COVER TO ATLEAST ONE-THIRD
OF THE STATES GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS.
THE FIRST OBJECTIVE IS SOUGHT TO BE ACHIEVED BY A MULTI-PRONGED
APPROACH OF REJUENATING DEGRADED FORESTS , ENSURING MORE EFFECTIVE
PROTECTION OF FORESTS AGAINST SMUGGLING , ENCROACHMENT , FIRE ,
GRAZING AND INTENSIVE SOIL AND MOISTURE CONSERVATION MEASURES
FOLLOWING THE WATERSHED APPROACH.
TAKING MASSIVE PLANTATION PROGRAMME OUTSIDE FOREST AREAS UNDER
SOCIAL FORESTRY-PEOPLES MOVEMENT . THE PROJECT TREENDS AND
OFFICIALS STATED THAT IN COMING THREE YEARS UNDER THE HARITHA HARAM
THE STATE GOVERNMENT PLANNED FOR SEEDINGS/SAPLINGS OF 230 CRORE
WHICH WAS A GREAT PROJECT EVER IN TRHE STATE .
MOTIVATIONAL APPROACH:
WE, AS A GROUP OF FOUR , HAVE VISITED SOME SCHOOLS (GOVERNMENT AND
PRIVATE) IN ORDER TO CREATE AWARENESS AND TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS
ABOUT AFFORESTRATION (PLANTING TREES). MANY OF THE STUDENTS WERE
INTERESTED AND SUPRISINGLY MUCH OF THE STUDENTS HAVE THE HABIT OF
WATERING PLANTS . WE HAVE STARTED WITH AN AIM TO PLANT ATLEAST 1000
PLANTS. BUT WE HAVE PLANTED ONLY 500 , SO STILL WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
AS GHMC IS PROVIDING SOME SCHOOLS WITH PITS AND SAPLINGS STUDENTS
ALONG WITH TEACHERS STARTED AN INITIATIVE REGARDING AFFORESTRATION
AND SOME SCHOOLS ARE CELEBRATING VRUKSHABANDHAN (TIEING RAKHIS
TO THE PLANTS). THE INTERACTION BETWEEN US WAS GOOD.