Guwahati, April 23 -- While multiple agencies have raised alarms over Assam's shrinking forest cover, the state's Forest Department presents a contrasting narrative regarding its afforestation efforts.
According to a report by the Assam Tribune, the department spent more than Rs 420 crore on afforestation projects over the past decade.
However, even after accounting for survival rates, nearly a third of that expenditure may have gone to waste.
Between 2011-12 and 2013-14 alone, the department used Rs 266.28 crore under the State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) to create and maintain plantations.
CAMPA is intended to compensate for forest land diverted to non-forest use through afforestation and ...