<span style="color: #222222;">Coal Ministry has set an ambitious goal for coal companies to bring more than two thousand 400 hectare of area in and around coalfields under green cover in 2022-23. This will aid in planting more than 50 lakh saplings.<br />''<br />'' As of now, greening drive is in full swing in coal mining areas and about one thousand hectare of land has already been covered through block plantation, bamboo plantation and high-tech cultivation by 15th of this month. <br />''<br />''The Ministry said, this initiatives will support India's Nationally Determined Contributions commitment to create additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.</span><br />