Read the paragraph under the heading ‘Forests of Telangana’ and answer the question:

What suggestions do you have for increasing the forest cover in our state?

The government has declared 26,904 sq. Kilometres as forests in Telangana which is about 24%of all land in the region. However, all of this land is not nearly forested as only about 16.74 % of the land has tree cover to qualify as forests.

Therefore, the need of the hour is increase forest cover as much as possible. Student driven Green Drives as well as community awareness programmes should be undertaken for people understand the need for tree cover and its consequential benefits. Also, every person should take a pledge to plant a sapling. Such programmes authorized by the government can contribute in a positive direction.