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K.K. Sharam, Director (Operations), NTPC Limited, presented a cheque of ₹ 1.87 crore to AP Forest Department recently in the presence of N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh towards tree plantation at the locations identified by the Forest Department during 2016-2017.
NTPC had entered into a long term MoU with the Forest Department of Andhra Pradesh for undertaking afforestation to give further fillip to “Vanam Manam”, a flagship programme of Andhra Pradesh Government, which envisages to increase the tree cover in the State.
The power company would also contribute towards tree plantation in AP through Environment and Forest Department at the locations identified by the Forest Department.
NTPC has planted over 20 million trees till date in and around its projects. In tune with the recently announced mitigation measures pertaining to climate change, the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC-2030) of creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through forest and tree cover by 2030, NTPC plans to create additional sink by planting 10 million more trees across the country.
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