Unique Urban Forest inaugurated at the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in New Delhi

Unique Urban Forest inaugurated at the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in New Delhi

Urban forests are the lungs of the cities,acting as an oxygen bank and Carbon Sink : Shri Prakash Javadekar

Posted On: 02 JUL 2020 2:26PM by PIB Delhi

Over the years, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi has become an increasing cause of concern.  Further, the ITO crossing of New Delhi has recorded particularly high air pollution levels.  In response to these developments and keeping in view its community responsibilities, the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India which is located at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg has taken steps to establish an Urban Forest in the Office Park.

Keeping in view the limited area, local material was adopted to enable intensive afforestation.  The forest is made up of trees which are native to the area and are three dimensional, multi-layered communities having 30 times the surface area of the greenery of single-layered lawns, and have more than 30 times the ability to protect against natural disasters and to conserve the environment.

Inaugurating the Urban forest, Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar expressed happiness and said that this would be a dense urban forest  with multiple tree layers including 12000 saplings of 59 indigenous species in another year or so.

Highlighting the importance of Urban forests, Shri Javadekar said that they are the lungs of the cities and act as an oxygen bank and Carbon Sink. The Environment Minister appreciated that the Miyawaki method of forest creation is employed which could help in reducing the temperature by as much as 14 degree & increase the moisture by more than 40%.