While the Centre has decided to implement the national forest policy in a time-bound manner by bringing 33 per cent of the total geographical area of the country under forest cover by 2012, it will not be possible to achieve the target in hill states like Himachal Pradesh. As per the policy at least 60 per cent of the area in the hills must be under three cover, which is virtually impossible as there are vast stretches of unculturable terrain where no vegetation grows. For instance, in Himachal Pradesh out of the total geographical area of 55,673 sq km, forest land accounts for 37,033 sq km, about 67 per cent of the total area.