A `Green Delhi` too far

  • 21/12/2003

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

Far from adding to the Capital's green belt, the Delhi Government's Greening Delhi Action Plan is running behind schedule. While the monsoon -- the most active season for plantation -- is "officially" over as of today, most of the Capital's greening agencies are nowhere close to meeting their targets. A fact that has caught the attention of the Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, who was reportedly upset with the progress of the greening drive by the various agencies. Till as late as September 15 -- when the monsoon was on its last leg in the Capital -- the Greening Delhi Action Plan had been able to achieve barely a little over 60 per cent of the total target.