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Jungle Safari being built in Haryana to promote eco-tourism: Minister Rao Narbir Singh
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, May 4, 2025- Haryana Environment, Forest and Wildlife Minister Rao Narbir Singh has said due to increasing pollution, environmental conservation is becoming a global concern.
To maintain the environmental balance, we have to be sensitive towards nature and wildlife. Many new startups are showing keen interest in nature and wildlife conservation, which is a commendable initiative alongside government efforts.
Rao Narbir Singh said Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi had recently appealed to countrymen to save wildlife in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme.
In this regard, the Haryana Forest Department is preparing a programme for Jungle Safari and Green Wall Project to save wildlife in the Aravalli region. He said the Jungle Safari project was to be prepared by the Tourism Department earlier, but now Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini has handed over its responsibility to the Forest and Wildlife Department. The department is working at a fast pace. Rao Narbir Singh said the Chief Minister will visit Vantara Project in Jamnagar (Gujarat) on June 7 and 8.
He himself will also accompany him.He said under the Aravalli Green Wall Project, more than 1.15 million hectares of land in four states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi will be developed and this will demonstrate an exemplary model of multi-state cooperation.
There is also a focus on afforestation with indigenous species of forests, biodiversity conservation, improving soil health and increasing groundwater recharge.
He said these projects will not only provide employment opportunities to the people in the Aravalli region but will also promote biodiversity conservation and environment-friendly resource management. He said in Haryana, to make the young generation aware of this noble work of nature and to increase their means of livelihood, Van Mitras have been appointed in the state, who are connecting the local people with the forests.