India Sitting On Ecological Time Bomb: Loses 333 Acres of Forest Daily

Dutta is also of the opinion that more awareness is needed among the people to challenge such projects, and they should appeal before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against diversions.

Further as per Neeraj Vagholikar of Kalpavriksh, an environmental action group, in spite of India losing existing forest cover, the central government releases figures on increase in green cover every year. He said that "The trick is that the forest department manages to add compensatory afforestation programmes to the total forest cover. In reality, such forest cover is virtually non-existent; nobody is sure whether such programmes will be implemented in future or not," as reported by TNN.

The forest cover deteriorating at such an alarming rate is an indication of feeble laws that fail to protect the green reserves, inturn harming the environment. It is time the government addresses the issues before it is too late. Quoting the great Mahatama Gandhi “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” 

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