Summary:
As per the conservative calculations by the Forest Department, a total of 22 lakh forest trees will be hacked to accommodate canals, reservoirs and other structures of the project. The forest trees will be hacked to accommodate canals, reservoirs and other structures of the project. Recording of the tree species was done through sampling, and not through usual tree by tree enumeration, officials from the department informed. Together with trees less than such girth, shrubs and other kinds of greenery, the loss could be five times more,” a wildlife conservation activist says. A total of 391 plant species --116 trees, 53 shrubs, 15 lianas (woody vines), 37 climbers, and 170 herbs -- were recorded post-monsoons in the project area..