Anand and Mehsana are having Maximum Trees in Gujarat
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Anand and Mehsana at top in trees counting survey across Gujarat
18-06-2008
As per the last survey of trees across Gujarat, Anand and Mehsana districts are number one in per hector and per person presence of trees respectively. Survey was held by forest department of Gujarat across the state leaving only one district: Dang. Dang was not included in the survey because almost whole Dang district is itself a jungle area.
According to this survey, Anand is greenest district in Gujarat. Anand has total 1.90 crore trees. It has a presence of 64.62 trees per hector and 10.24 trees per person.
If Anand is No.1 in highest number of trees per hector, Mehsana district is No.1 in trees per person criteria with 11.64 trees per head. Mehsana has 49.6 trees per hector and in total 2.13 trees.
In the whole census, Surendranagar has unique status of having just two trees per hector.
200 varieties of trees are documented in Gujarat but in the course of latest survey, only 68 species were noted.
Among different varieties of trees, Neem has highest presence in Gujarat. Highest neem trees (47.70 lakh) were found located in Mehsana district. Kutch is second and Anand is third in Neem tree population.
Eucalypts trees have their highest presence in Dahod district, while Mango trees are most populated in Junagadh district in Gujarat.
According to census, Ahmedabad district has total 58.52 trees. In this district, per head only one tree is available while per hector there are 7.33 trees.
Gandhinagar has 1.23 crore trees. It has per person 9.26 and per hectors 57.68 trees. Gandhinagar which is well-known as green city has just five trees left per person. In 1980s decade Gandhinagar had more than 100 trees per person.
Gujarat has approximately 25.10 crore trees. Gujarat has per hector 14.25 trees and per person 4.97 trees according to this survey. (In Photo: Khijdo tree on Anand district’s highway)
June 19th, 2008 at 2:24 am
When I was growing up, we used to go to “vatan” in Mehsana district in summer vacation from baroda. And i hated to go to my village, because it was hot, low vegetation, less trees, dusty “Bhagol”. Recently I visited my village and it is different than my childhood one. It is greener. Dusty “Bhagol” is gone. Thanks to NaMo. He provided safety & security, so the “Dhor” are permanently stay in “Vada”. The major reason for dust was “Dhor” were going in & out of village for daily morning clean up for their “Ghaman” which was inside house. Plus Gujarat goven. is taking action for greenery.
I live in California for a long time. I love my Gujarat.
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 am
proud to be ANANDIAN
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Anand, the Green Dist of Gujarat is partly attributed to the lack of business of Saw Mills. There are Not Many Saw Mills in Anand Dist. Whatever it had vanished from the horizon over the time thanks to the good luck of the people. If you look at the North of Kheda dist, near Kapadvanj -Sanand area there are many Saw Mills. The temp in this area is relatively higher than Anand Dist. Tha Plantation Drive years ago by Govt of Gujarat was successful in Anand Dist. Please visit Vallabh Vidyanagar - the town of trees thanks to the visionary leadership of Sardar Patel - Bhaikaka.
October 10th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Anand to Mehsana also Declaired An Timber Industrial Belt by Supreme Court of India as well as very Big Sucess Development of Timber Industries,Plywood,Handicraft,Furniture,SawMill industries,Treatment Units,Arts & Craft Unit, Packing Material Units,Etc By Foriegn Country of Direct Investment in India’s Plans.-Hiten Joshi,CEO