(a)Whether the Union Government has asked the State Governments to
deploy `tree guards` to protect the `average plantations` on rural roads
that have been prescribed to be taken up under the National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act and Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana ;
(b) If so, the details thereof; and
(c) The extent to which the States have already taken up the job ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT(SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU)
(a)&(b) This Ministry issued instructions to States/Union Territories for
utilizing SGRY and NREGA funds for planting 100 trees (preferably fruit
bearing/income yielding trees) in every Km. of road on each side on rural
roads. The State Governments/UT Administrations have, inter-alia, also
been advised to provide low cost tree guards to protect such plants/saplings.
(c)Action taken has not been reported by the State Governments.