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Govt to develop 5-acre forest landThe Statesman, The Clean Delhi, Green Delhi Slogan of the Delhi Government got emboldened yet again in a move in which the government has sent a proposal to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to develop a five acre piece of land in the Sultanpur Dabas area of outer Delhi into an artificial forest land. A survey of the area has been undertaken by the Delhi Government already,” said Delhi environment minister Mr. Raj Kumar Chauhan. According to the directive, DMRC has to replace the trees in ten-fold proportion of the plantation they mow down at the course of laying down Metro tracks. They have been asked to develop this area into a forestland as opposed to the idea of replacing those trees area- specifically. “Over the years Delhi has witnessed a green revolution and this is one more step towards it”, added Mr. Chauhan. Sultanpur dabas is an industrial area and reportedly lacks pollution control measures. Development of the Forests land will benefit residents in a multi pronged and sustained manner. Size of the forest would account to almost 19 percent of the total forestland Delhi has. At present Delhi has forest cover of 170.17 sq km that effectively means 11.46 percent forestland. In a similar move, the government has also taken a decision to rejuvenate numerous natural ponds that exist in areas like Bawana and Jaunsi, considered as villages at a cost of Rs. One crore. Ponds are of greate importance for maintaining ecological balance as Delhi lacks considerable amount of water bodies. The funds have been already released by Grameen Vikas Board and they are also contemplating releasing monetary support for renovation of ancient Mughal structures, named Diwan-e-khas and Diwn-e-Aam after the more famous court houses situated in Red Fort, in Jaunsi village to promote it as a heritage site. |
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