SPECIES PLANTED

Gmelina arbora is the native fast growing species which is our major planting stock. It is a close relative of the teak , popularly know as 'white teak' that produces of high quality timber.

Appropriate technology, sufficient inputs and effective organization efforts transformed the barren land of red murrum soil into a dense green forest. Eight years old Khamar and the species already attained an average height of 11.5 mtr., with an average GBH of 65 cm.

"Restoration of waste land through waste management"

A project by ICEF (Indian Canada Environment Facility ) represented by Western Ontario University, Canada, in collaboration with Kitply Industries Limited and IIT, Kharagpur. This project started in 1998 in nearly 100 hectares of around Raipur , Chhatisgarh. Industrial waste such as fly-ash, sewage sludge were extensively used in the fields and in the pits along with the methods followed by Kitply for the management of their own plantation sites. The project is just 5 years old, but the tree establishment and growth are encouraging.

At present we have 8.5 lac standing trees planted over 1600 acres of land and providing regular employment to 1200 local people.We have received the highest national award, the Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Puraskar, for afforesting de-graded waste lands.