New Delhi, Oct 10,2020: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday launched the Tree Transplantation Policy under the ‘Yuddh, Pradushan Ke Viruddh’ campaign, which requires a minimum of 80 per cent of the trees affected by construction or development projects to be transplanted.
The implementation of this policy will be in addition to the policy of the compulsory afforestation of 10 saplings.
He also said that it is the responsibility of the agencies which are responsible for transplantation, to ensure that 80 per cent of the transplanted trees survive after a year. A dedicated Tree Transplantation Cell and local committees will be formed which will include government officials, citizens, RWAs to monitor the transplanted trees and to monitor the transplantation task.
Addressing a digital press briefing, Mr Kejriwal said, “A few days back, the people of Delhi started a huge movement against the air pollution levels in the city, ‘Yuddh, Pradushan Ke Viruddh’. Various measures will be taken under this, including EV, tree transplantation, preventing stubble burning, etc. One of the key components of this campaign was the tree transplantation policy.”
Mr Kejriwal said that a dedicated Tree Transplantation Cell will be formed by the Delhi government and local committees which will include government officials, citizens, RWAs to monitor the transplanted trees and to certify that the task has been done with due diligence.
‘The Delhi cabinet has sanctioned Rs 20 crore for the installation of this first-of-its-kind smog tower, and we hope that the installation work will be completed within the next 10 months. We are calling it a pilot project for now, and if it is successful, many more smog towers will be installed across Delhi,” the Chief Minister added.
