Jammu, Mar 4: Forest Minister Javad Ahmad Rana in a written reply to a starred question by Peoples Democratic Party MLA Waheed ur Rehman Para said that Mapping and demarcation of wetlands in Jammu and Kashmir is underway and scheduled to be completed by the end of March
He added that the Forest Department has taken up the mapping of wetlands using remote sensing data and the ground truthing and subsequent demarcation of these wetlands exercise, in collaboration with the stakeholder departments revenue and wildlife for wetlands, above 2.25 hectares, as per the directions of the Supreme Court & the exercise is underway at present and scheduled to be completed by March end.
People are also waiting for actions on "Gair Mumkin Khad Lands " ?
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