Soon, safeguarding the city’s depleting green cover against rampant violations and encroachment would only be a click away. After the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) directed all states to prepare a database of forest areas based on satellite images, the Haryana forest department is likely to implement the order by October this year, using the e-Green Watch software. “All forest officers and their computer technicians underwent a two-week training to learn how the new software functions. Another information session will be scheduled soon. The software will be up and running by October this year,” said Pankaj Goel, conservator of forests, Gurgaon. According to officials, the e-Green Watch system [...]