Summary:
It may be recalled that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has over and over again exerted about increasing forest cover. The setting up of Miyawaki Forest has been taken up under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme. In Nabagram the Miyawaki forest is coming up on 39 acres of land while that at Sagardighi is coming up on 30 acres of land. The farmers associated with the job have been provided training by the officials of the Panchayats and Rural Development department and Forest department. The step to set up Miyawaki forest was taken atShibgunj under Shyampur Block I between Gadiara and Garchumuk in Howrah..