Delhi govt plans 3rd-party audit to assess survival rate of transplanted trees
New Delhi Mar 19 PTI The Delhi government plans to assess the success and survival rate of all transplanted trees in the national capital and has roped in Dehradun-based Forest Research Institute FRI for this purpose officials said According to forest department data 12852 trees had been transplanted at 23 sites in the city till the end of last year To assess the success and survival rate of the transplanted trees an FRI team will look at the site selection criteria for transplantation size of pits and their spacing method and time of transplantation health and growth of the transplanted trees and maintenance schedule an official of the department said FRI scientists will also take stock of irrigation frequency soil-moisture conservation check dams contour trenches fencing measures silviculture practices and protection strategies against biotic and abiotic interferences etc according to a proposal received from the institute The study will be conducted over a period of six months after the approval from the minister concerned the official said FRI Director A S Rawat will head the team which will have around seven members with expertise in silviculture nursery and forest management In December 2020 the Delhi government had notified the Tree Transplantation Policy under which agencies concerned are required to transplant a minimum of 80 per cent of the trees affected by their development works According to the policy the benchmark tree survival rate at the end of one year of tree transplantation is 80 per cent Last year the FRI had conducted an audit of annual sapling plantations undertaken in Delhi from 2016 to 2019 According 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 survived The 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 range In the South division the survival rate was 72 per cent in Mehrauli 76 per cent in Asola Bhatti Phase 1 and 8133 per cent in Phase 2 Environmentalist Bhavreen Kandhari said though tree transplantation itself is akin to killing a tree an audit to ascertain the survival rate of such trees is a welcome step provided it is done properly and in a transparent manner She also said all details related to the transplanted trees should be made public as these are the lungs of Delhi PTI GVS ANB CK
New Delhi Mar 19 PTI The Delhi government plans to assess the success and survival rate of all transplanted trees in the national capital and has roped in Dehradun-based Forest Research Institute FRI for this purpose officials said According to forest department data 12852 trees had been transplanted at 23 sites in the city till the end of last year To assess the success and survival rate of the transplanted trees an FRI team will look at the site selection criteria for transplantation size of pits and their spacing method and time of transplantation health and growth of the transplanted trees and maintenance schedule an official of the department said FRI scientists will also take stock of irrigation frequency soil-moisture conservation check dams contour trenches fencing measures silviculture practices and protection strategies against biotic and abiotic interferences etc according to a proposal received from the institute The study will be conducted over a period of six months after the approval from the minister concerned the official said FRI Director A S Rawat will head the team which will have around seven members with expertise in silviculture nursery and forest management In December 2020 the Delhi government had notified the Tree Transplantation Policy under which agencies concerned are required to transplant a minimum of 80 per cent of the trees affected by their development works According to the policy the benchmark tree survival rate at the end of one year of tree transplantation is 80 per cent Last year the FRI had conducted an audit of annual sapling plantations undertaken in Delhi from 2016 to 2019 According 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 survived The 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 range In the South division the survival rate was 72 per cent in Mehrauli 76 per cent in Asola Bhatti Phase 1 and 8133 per cent in Phase 2 Environmentalist Bhavreen Kandhari said though tree transplantation itself is akin to killing a tree an audit to ascertain the survival rate of such trees is a welcome step provided it is done properly and in a transparent manner She also said all details related to the transplanted trees should be made public as these are the lungs of Delhi PTI GVS ANB CK
