HMT-made tractor, ‘70s jeep among planters at Srinagar's first-ever 'waste-to-wonder' garden
Srinagar has inaugurated its first 'waste-to-wonder' garden, featuring repurposed vintage vehicles and equipment as planters. The project promotes zero-carbon emissions and encourages public participation in environmental sustainability.
Why it matters
This initiative serves as a model for urban renewal and sustainable waste management in congested city environments.
A rare tractor made by HMT Ltd from the 1970s, an old jeep of the Jammu and Kashmir Garages Department and a pre-1970 ticket counter of the famous Chashme Shahi Garden have doubled up as planters in the first-ever zero-carbon-producing recreational and healing garden inaugurated on Friday (August 21, 2026) in Srinagar.
“We tried to use abandoned vehicles like jeeps, wooden ticket posts and tonga (horse-driven cart) from the pre-70s as installations in the garden. It’s our bid to have a waste-to-wonder theme garden in Srinagar. The lights of the garden are run by solar panels. It’s the first garden with zero carbon emissions. All the installations in the garden are donated. We have not purchased any installation,” said Masooma Banoo, Director, Floriculture, Kashmir, told The Hindu .
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