Mini forests will be springing up in different corners of the city as JDA has started plantation using popular Japanese Miyawaki technique. UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal inaugurated the project from Jawahar Circle to create urban forests.
JDA has earmarked 30,000 sqm land in 10 city parks including Central Park and Ramniwas Bagh where it plans to plant approximately 1,20,000 shrubs and Plants. The officials claimed that in comparison to conventional methods, the forests using this technique grow faster and become denser and more bio-diverse.
The technique compresses layers of a forest shrubs, trees, canopies on small plots of land, turning them into tiny forests. “Around 20,000 plants will be planted in Hira Lal Park, Shastri Nagar. Using this technique, forests grow in two to three years and are self-sustaining. The civic body will be planting diverse native species,” the official added. Meanwhile, JDA will also de-concretise the base of trees in the city and ensure that at least one metre area around them is left unpaved while laying tiles on footpaths or road construction. In a recent survey, JDA had found that the base of over 3,000 trees was concretised alongside arterial roads and local streets.