Green Capital

Esha Roy

* Compensatory afforestation has been possible only in the existing 14 city forests and 9 new city forests, created for this purpose.
* 10 per cent of compensatory afforestation should be carried out near infrastructure project sites.
* The Delhi Parks and Greens Society, an initiative of the government, plans to create green sinks in nearly 15,000 gardens and parks in the Capital.
* The society, with an initial corpus fund of Rs 3 crore, will undertake tree plantation and increase green cover in Delhi from 19 to 33 per cent, raising it from 326 sq km to 500 sq km.
* 18.30 lakh saplings were to be planted for the 2007-08 greening target.
* The government plans to plant 1.60 lakh saplings in the existing 14 city forests in 2007-08.
* Compensatory plantation is being done @ 10 trees for 1 tree felled and @ 5 trees for 1 tree to be translocated.
* 85,000 saplings were planted as compensatory plantation this year.
* Of the 175 waterbodies identified, plantation has been completed around 36.
* 4,821 saplings have been planted for rejuvenating water bodies so far.