Maha govt to use Miyawaki system for urban forestation

The Maharashtra government is planning to use the "Miyawaki" system of dense tree plantation, Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said Tuesday. Presenting the state's budget for 2019-20 in the Assembly, Mungantiwar announced `Atal Anandvan Scheme', which will employ the Miyawaki system, he said.

The system, named after a Japanese botanist, allows plantation of 30,000 plants in one hectare of land, and is thus useful for forestation in urban areas where land is scarce, he said. The finance minister also announced outlay of Rs 30 crore for protection of ocean biodiversity.