The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) will develop five mini forests under its jurisdiction in the next 14 to 15 days under the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ campaign.
Commissioner of North Corporation Sanjay Goel said that these mini forests would be developed at parks in Azadpur Mandi, Sultanpuri, Prashant Vihar, pocket-2 and 8 in Rohini, sector-24.
Three such forests have already been developed in Karol Bagh and one in Keshavpuram area, he said.
Goel said: “We would plant trees in parks before the arrival of the monsoon which is expected to reach Delhi by June 30. The North Corporation has developed 474 pits for rainwater harvesting, which will help in raising the ground water level. Work is in progress at 13 locations and 127 more sites have been proposed for the purpose.”
Goel further informed that the civic body planted 27,330 trees and 37,756 shrubs last year and proposed to plant 20,000 trees and 30,000 shrubs this year also.
Meanwhile, the corporation also organised a Webinar on Jai Shakti Abhiyan (Urban)-2021 under the “Catch the Rain” campaign at its headquarters and discussed measures to create awareness among the masses to save rainwater.
The Ministry of Jal Shakti is taking up a nation-wide campaign ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ focussing on saving and conserving rainwater with the theme “Catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls” from March to November 30 this year in the pre-monsoon and monsoon periods, covering both urban and rural areas of all the districts in the country.