Rs 126-cr EU aid for forest scheme
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28/01/1999
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Business Line (New Delhi)
The Haryana State Government is negotiationg with the European Union (EU) for a Rs. 126-crore assistance for its "community forestry" project in Aravalli hills bordering Rajasthan to further expand the green belt in the region. "With a Rs. 150-crore EU aid, the forest cover in the hills was expanded from a 2,200 hectares a few years ago to 31,886 hectares," the State Minister of Forest, Mr. Jagdish Yadav, told newspersons here on Thursday.