To counter growing air pollution in Delhi and save the fast vanishing green cover, the Delhi Government's Forest Department has prepared an ambitious plan to develop over a dozen "forest areas" across the city. These "green lungs" would act as cushions fro absorbing pollutants from the air. Buoyed by success is greening 2,000 acres across Bhatti Mines along The Ridge with the help of the Territorial Army, the Forest Department has now identified about 1,400 acres in different zones to develop them into mini-forests. Another large stretch on the Ridge along Asola Sanctuary would be taken up for greening shortly.