Government of India
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Rajya Sabha
Question No. 2270
Answered on 09th December 2019
Tree Census in Bengaluru
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(Shri Babul Supriyo)
(a)And (b) Yes, Sir. A proposal for tree census has been received from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bengaluru. Accordingly, a project proposal entitled “Enumeration and risk assessment of trees in the area under BBMP” was submitted by Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) at the cost Rs. 432.67 lakhs for duration of 3 years to BBMP. The proposal was accepted by BBMP and an amount of Rs. 200.00 lakhs has been released by BBMP for carrying out the work. (c)IWST has not carried out tree census work in other cities during last five years.***************