Overview

• Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav launched the state-level Wildlife Week in Manesar on October 2 and urged Gurugram residents to dedicate one hour every Sunday to the Green Aravalli campaign.
• The weeklong programme runs from October 2 to 8 to promote wildlife conservation, protect biodiversity and raise public awareness.
• An Aravalli species nursery initiative was launched to propagate and conserve native plants for reforestation across the range under the Green Aravalli effort.
• Officials announced a plantation drive targeting 500 acres, with an opening event that saw 750 saplings planted at the proposed Namo Van site.
• Haryana minister Rao Narbir Singh stressed that wildlife survival depends on healthy forests and highlighted long-term sapling care under the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam initiative.