Govt and DU to develop 2,100 acres of forests

  • 04/06/2003

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

The Eco Task Force of the Territorial Army and Centre for Environment of the Delhi University are rehabilitating 2,100 acres of the Bhatti sanctuary. According to a press release, Forest and Wildlife Minister Deep Chand Bandhu on World Environment Day said that the Centre for Environment Management of Delhi University would be developing grasslands in the area. The Territorial Army would plant 10,000 sapplings in about 600 acres. To improve the habitat in the wildlife sanctuary, natural regeneration-cum-enrichment planting combined with soil and water conservation will be taken up, the release said. Around 10,000 sapplings would be planted in Asola during the year and 10 check dams would also be constructed to conserve ground water, the release said.