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NTPC to plant 10 million trees during FY 2016-17
NEW DELHI.August 30 ,2016. NTPC has embarked upon accelerated afforestation drive with the State Forest Departments of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and Maharashtra to plant 10 million trees during 2016-17 as per guidance of Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State ( Independent Charge) of Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines.
This is in tandem with the recently announced Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC-2030) of creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tones of CO2 equivalent through forests and tree cover by 2030. Besides 10 million tree plantations during the current year, NTPC plans to create additional sink by planting 10 million trees across the country in next ten years.
NTPC has already signed MoUs ( Memorandum of Understanding) with State Forest Departments of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and Karnataka for the accelerated afforestation, others are expected to be signed shortly.
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