New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Delhi government’s ambitious plantation drive will transform the Ridge into the “green lungs” of the city, and the environment in the National Capital will get a “new lease of life”. This came as HM Shah inaugurated the Delhi government’s ambitious drive to plant 70 lakh trees during a ‘Mega Tree Plantation Drive’ at 34 locations.During this, HM Shah planted a sapling in the Central Ridge area, which houses the President’…
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New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Rekha Gupta-led Delhi government has declared 673.32 hectares of the Central Ridge as a Reserved Forest under Section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, a move that will curb human activities in the area, expand green cover, and control pollution, an official said on Saturday. The area falls under the Western Forest Division of the Forest Department and covers parts surrounding Sardar Patel Marg and the President’s Estate, the official said in a statement.According to…