Govt to track tree felling, plantation on MeriLife portal

First initiative in India; UAD to prepare proposal soon

- Utsav Gupta

In a pioneering step towards environmental transparency, the Urban Administration Department (UAD) is preparing a proposal to upload comprehensive data on both tree plantation and tree cutting activities on the MeriLiFEportal, a first-of-its-kind initiative in India.

The MeriLiFE portal, developed under the Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment), currently hosts data on plantation activities from 4,852 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across the country. However, it lacks a mechanism to track the number of trees felled or the status of compensatory plantation.