Annual plantation has ameliorated degraded sites Yamuna bank in Delhi FRI report
New Delhi Mar 17 PTI The plantation undertaken in Delhi under the city governments Greening Delhi Mission since 2016 has ameliorated degraded sites and the Yamuna bank which were left fallow the Forest Research Institute Dehradun has said in a report The FRI whichconductedan audit of sapling plantation undertaken from 2016 to 2019 said the plants will act as bio-remedial agents which will be helpful in controlling water pollution at the Yamuna bank Under Greening Delhi Mission the government of NCT ofDelhi has taken up plantations on available vacant lands in three forest divisions The plantation started in 2016-17 It is encouragingthat this plantation programme has proved the importance of the potent capacities of differentspecies in ameliorating degraded sites and Yamuna bank which were hitherto left fallow the audit report readThis result would definitely persuade others to think for the bio-remediation of large tracts adversely affected due to inflow of industrial polluted water and sewerage in Delhi it saidThe FRI noted that the encouragement of large-scale afforestation as part of the mission will definitely improve ecology ameliorate the environment and augment the livelihood of the people in the national capitalAccording to the audit report released earlier this month 72 per cent to 81 per cent of the saplings planted in Delhi between 2016 and 2019 have survivedThe government will also ask the Dehradun-based institute to conduct an audit of plantations undertaken in the last two yearsEnvironment Minister Gopal Rai had said while releasing the reportThe survival rate stood at 8021 per cent in the North division In the West division 785 per cent of the saplings survived in the Alipur range and 7568 per cent in the Najafgarh rangeIn the South division the survival rate was 72 per cent in Mehrauli 76 per cent in Asola Bhatti Phase I and 8133 per cent in Phase 2Delhis green cover has increased from 20 per cent of its geographical area in 2013 to 2306 per cent in 2021The National Forest Policy aims at bringing a minimum one-third of Indias total geographical area under green cover The green cover should be at least 66 per cent of the total area in hilly regions and 20 per cent in the plains PTI GVS ANB ANB
New Delhi Mar 17 PTI The plantation undertaken in Delhi under the city governments Greening Delhi Mission since 2016 has ameliorated degraded sites and the Yamuna bank which were left fallow the Forest Research Institute Dehradun has said in a report The FRI whichconductedan audit of sapling plantation undertaken from 2016 to 2019 said the plants will act as bio-remedial agents which will be helpful in controlling water pollution at the Yamuna bank Under Greening Delhi Mission the government of NCT ofDelhi has taken up plantations on available vacant lands in three forest divisions The plantation started in 2016-17 It is encouragingthat this plantation programme has proved the importance of the potent capacities of differentspecies in ameliorating degraded sites and Yamuna bank which were hitherto left fallow the audit report readThis result would definitely persuade others to think for the bio-remediation of large tracts adversely affected due to inflow of industrial polluted water and sewerage in Delhi it saidThe FRI noted that the encouragement of large-scale afforestation as part of the mission will definitely improve ecology ameliorate the environment and augment the livelihood of the people in the national capitalAccording to the audit report released earlier this month 72 per cent to 81 per cent of the saplings planted in Delhi between 2016 and 2019 have survivedThe government will also ask the Dehradun-based institute to conduct an audit of plantations undertaken in the last two yearsEnvironment Minister Gopal Rai had said while releasing the reportThe survival rate stood at 8021 per cent in the North division In the West division 785 per cent of the saplings survived in the Alipur range and 7568 per cent in the Najafgarh rangeIn the South division the survival rate was 72 per cent in Mehrauli 76 per cent in Asola Bhatti Phase I and 8133 per cent in Phase 2Delhis green cover has increased from 20 per cent of its geographical area in 2013 to 2306 per cent in 2021The National Forest Policy aims at bringing a minimum one-third of Indias total geographical area under green cover The green cover should be at least 66 per cent of the total area in hilly regions and 20 per cent in the plains PTI GVS ANB ANB
