Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal inaugurated ‘Van Mahotsav and Rose Garden’ developed by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) at Dwarka. Tarun Kapoor, Vice Chairman of DDA said the civic body is committed to cover more areas of Delhi as green carpet by planting four lakh indigenous species this year keeping in view its sustainable environment.
As part of the new initiative, the DDA has associated the school children of various schools of Delhi of Class VI and above to plant and adopt a tree and to place name plaque on the adopted tree to inculcate the sense of belongingness, he added.
At least 200 eco clubs of the schools have been proposed to participate in spreading green cover all across the city. These clubs will be given a grant of Rs 25,000/- per year for maintenance and protection of planted saplings, he said.
The Resident Welfare Associations are also being associated to make it a successful drive. He also informed that the DDA has developed 11.5 acres of green area in Sector-16 C, Dwarka for rose garden, fruit garden and herbal garden.
Baijal tweeted “Inaugurated Rose garden, Sector-16, Dwarka spread over 15 acres with 30 rose varieties & planted sapling to kick start DDA’s Van Mahotsav Program. DDA will plant over 4 lakh saplings of native species to increase Delhi’s green cover. My best wishes to @official_dda!”
“The civic body has taken a slew of measures to make Delhi greener and pollution-free. The DDA has played a key role in overall development and management of its green spaces, with conscious efforts towards the development of open spaces as regional parks, city forests, district parks, community parks, neighbourhood parks,” the civic body said in a statement.
It has approximately 783 small and big parks and six biodiversity parks under its jurisdiction, it said.