Forest cover in India increases by 5871 sq km

Q.  What increase has been observed in the country’s forest cover?
- Published on 26 Jul 15

a. 1435 sq km
b. 5871 sq km
c. 2399 sq km
d. 3741 sq km

ANSWER: 5871 sq km
 
Quoting the latest report on the state of forests in India, Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar on 30th July’15 said that the total forest cover in the country is 697,898 square kilometres which is over 21 percent of its total geographical area. Among the metropolitan cities, Delhi tops with 180 square kilometres of forests followed by Bengaluru with 97 square kilometres, Hyderabad with 88 square kilometres. Mumbai has over 86 square kilometres of forest area while Chandigarh‘s forest cover stands at 34 square kilometres.

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