Games In Mind, Forest Dept To Plant 8,000 Native And Ornamental Species
It's the first mini-forest within the capital and you can thank the Commonwealth Games 2010 for it. The Delhi government is greening the ITO chungi with over 8,000 trees for the Games the first such large concentration of greens in Delhi outside a city forest.
The greening initiative will see the forest department plant both ornamental and native trees around the five loops along ITO chungi as well as bamboo trees along the verges (identified as parts by the forest department). Around 3,000 bamboo trees of different species are planned to be planted.
The greening of the area, spread over 30 acres, is expected to go a long way towards compensating the large-scale cutting of trees that had taken place on the Yamuna riverbed when ITO chungi came up.
The area, which is being described as an urban forest, will be planted not only with native trees but also marigold shrubs, so as to highlight the ornamental aspect as well.
Said KK Sharma, principal secretary (PWD), ``We've been looking at greening flyovers, specially those with loops, as they are built over a large area. For this project, we had asked the consultants to suggest a substantial green cover as the diameter is quite big (at ITO chungi).'' According to Sharma, the consultants suggested an urban forest, which was implemented by the forest department thereafter.
with thanks : source : Times of India : with original link in the headline above for detailed news.
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