<span style="color: #222222;">Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar in a virtual event today released the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of LiDAR based survey of forest areas in ten states.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">These States are Assam, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, and Tripura.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the occasion, Mr Javadekar informed that the project which was awarded to WAPCOS, a PSU under the aegis of Ministry of Jal Shakti, is a first of its kind and a unique experiment using LiDAR technology.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It will help augment water and fodder in jungles areas thereby reducing human-animal conflict, help in groundwater recharge, help local communities.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He also asked state forest departments to use Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning , CAMPA funds towards implementation of these projects in right earnest and in accordance with the 'Ridge to Valley' approach of watershed management.</span><br />''