The Delhi Government on Monday approved the empanelment of four agencies to carry out tree transplantation in the national Capital. These four agencies are Green Morning Horticulture Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, M/s Rohit Nursery, New Delhi, M/s DD MEP Engineers, Gurugram, and RP Entrepreneurs.
According to the Tree Transplantation Policy (TTP), Delhi government, to carry out transplantation from any project site in Delhi, the applicant shall be required to select an agency from among the empanelled agencies only.
The TTP -2020 mandates that trees will not be removed unnecessarily in development projects/works and the existing trees in the project site shall be properly preserved through careful planning, design, implementation and post-construction maintenance.
The policy was inducted to save trees in the Capital. As per the policy, in the event of the possibility of on-site preservation being not viable, at least 80 per cent of the trees shall be required to be scientifically transplanted.