Delhi L-G leads plantation drive in Ridge; seeks survival monitoring
Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu led a large-scale plantation drive across 77 locations in the capital, planting over one lakh native trees. The initiative aims to increase Delhi's green cover and encourage youth participation in environmental conservation.
Why it matters
Urban afforestation is critical for Delhi's environmental health, particularly in combating air pollution and heat island effects.
Lieutenant-Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Friday led a plantation drive organised by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), during which more than one lakh native trees and shrubs were planted across 77 locations in the national capital.
The L-G, who is also the DDA Chairperson, directed the urban body to make such drives a regular exercise and appoint a nodal officer for each site to ensure the survival of saplings. At Kamla Nehru Ridge, Mr. Sandhu said plantation efforts should evolve into a people’s movement with greater youth participation.
“Such initiatives should be driven by the youth and aimed at them,” he said, adding that the present generation has a responsibility to leave behind an ecologically richer Delhi.
He also called for similar drives across other Ridge areas and urged the DDA to take a more proactive role in expanding the city’s green cover.
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