Kolkata,8 July:West Bengal has registered maximum increase in forest cover (1650 sq.km) followed by Meghalaya (1255 sq.km) and Tamil Nadu (1161 sq.km) wheras maximum loss has been observed in Punjab (852 sq.km) followed by Madhya Pradesh (836 sq.km) and Maharashtra (617 sq.km).
As far as increases in forest cover in view of States’s geographical area is concerned, Tripura registered 9.8% increase followed by Meghalaya (5.6%) and Chandigarh (5.26%) whereas Lakshdweep has shown decrease of 12.5% followed by Punjab (1.70%) and Haryana 0.54%.
Thank you very much for this information. Was scouring the Net trying to analyze which state has the best track record vis a vis afforestation