India's 'Forest Man' Jadav Payeng is on a new mission to make Mexico greener

Padma Shri awardee Jadav 'Molai' Payeng, also known as the 'The Forest Man of India', will undertake a new mission-- to make Mexico greener by replenishing its forests.

Padma Shri awardee Jadav Payeng, who is also known as the 'The Forest Man of India', is all set to undertake a mission-- to make Mexico greener by replenishing its forests. I extend my heartiest congratulations to extraordinary environmental activist from Assam, Padmashri Jadav Payeng for being invited by Mexico to replenish its forests. In December last year, 62-year-old Jadav Payeng signed an agreement with an NGO Fundacion Azteca, to collaborate on environmental projects in Mexico which aims to plant 7 million trees in the North American country. Jadav Payeng, who is also popularly known as Molai Payeng, earned his name as 'The Forest Man of India' by spending 30 years of his life planting around 40 million trees to create a real man-made forest by changing a barren sandbar of the Brahmaputra, covering an area of 550 hectares of land which is known as 'Molai Kathoni'.