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Ecological imbalance or contempt of HC-Delhi Forest Department
Delhi Govt’s conundrum
What the High Court has ordered (in a series of cases)
- To plant around 2 lakh tree saplings in central ridge
- Sapling should be 6 feet tall
- Sapling should be three and half year’s age.
What experts say
- Species such as Mango and Jackfruit unsuitable for ridge
- 6 feet tall saplings would find it difficult to establish in the thin soil layer
- Mass plantation in central ridge would disrupt local ecosystem
Source: Hindustan Times, 30 August 2019, New Delhi.