Afforestation and Economic Upgradation of Wastelands Reclamation in Ganga-Yamuna Doab

Abstract

Afforestation of wasteland reclamation in Ganga-Yamuna doab are as irregular small patches. They occupy the Aligarh, Etah, Kanpur, Fatehpur, Allahabad district. Concentration of salts is a serious limitation in use of these lands. Ground water is close to surface of these salt affected lands so that the danger of desalinization always prevails.
Owing to the unfavorable physical and chemical properties, the salt affected lands are not able to sustain satisfactory growth of agriculture crops unless suitable reclamation and management practices are adopted. Certain tree species are know to thrive well naturally under the adverse condition of salt affected lands and therefore at least some areas of salt affected lands can be put under tree growth. For achieving successful tree growth on these problematic soils it is of prime importance to grow salt tolerant species by using suitable techniques. The selected species for afforestation should inherently be capable of producing the prolific root system and should thrive well under conditions of dries climate with low moisture supply. The pressure of an in deviated thick kankar pan in the sub-soil at a shallow depth presents a serious physical hindrance to the root development of the trees, and they dye out when the roots struck the kankar pan.