675 Parks, 4 Ridge Zones, 6.62 Lakh Plants: Delhi's Monsoon Plantation Push
The Delhi Development Authority has planted over 6.62 lakh trees and shrubs as part of a city-wide monsoon plantation drive. This initiative is part of a larger goal to plant 70 lakh trees across the capital to improve urban green cover.
Why it matters
Urban reforestation is critical for Delhi, which frequently faces severe air quality and heat island challenges.
Parks, Ridge areas and biodiversity zones across Delhi are getting a monsoon plantation push, with the Delhi Development Authority saying it has planted more than 6.62 lakh trees and shrubs since the beginning of July.The drive covers 675 DDA parks, four Ridge zones, six biodiversity parks and several green corridors across the capital.Of the total planted so far, more than 37,000 are trees, and over 6.25 lakh are shrubs.DDA says it has already covered nearly 30 per cent of its 23-lakh plantation target for the season.6.62 Lakh Planted, 16.38 Lakh To GoThe plantation drive began in the first week of July and is scheduled to continue until mid-September.Based on DDA's stated target, around 16.38 lakh more trees and shrubs are to be planted over the remaining weeks of the campaign.The DDA target is part of Delhi's larger Mission 70 Lakh Plantation drive, launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on…
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