changeadminOn the occasion of World Environment Day, India’s Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, planted a sapling at the Bhagwan Mahavir Vanasthali Park in Delhi, today.
The Prime Minister planted a Banyan sapling under the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam initiative. This will be part of the ‘Aravalli Green Wall project’, which aims to reforest the 700-km Aravalli range.
The reason the Prime Minister is planting a tree at Bhagwan Mahavir Vanasthali Park is that it is located on the Central Ridge Reserve Forest, part of the Aravali range that falls in Delhi.
The Aravalli Green Wall project is a major initiative led by India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to spread green cover in the 5 km buffer area around the Aravalli Hill Range in 29 districts of four states, including Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Gujarat.
Conceptualised in the lines of the African Green Wall Project, India’s initiative aims to boost biodiversity of the Aravallis through afforestation, reforestation and restoration of water bodies.
The project also aims to improve soil fertility, water availability and climate resilience of the region. It will also benefit local communities by providing them with employment and income generation opportunities.
In the social media post, Mr Modi highlighted the importance of reforesting the Aravalli range under the Aravalli Green Wall project.
The Prime Minister noted that the Aravalli range, one of the oldest on the planet, spans Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Delhi. He highlighted that the region faces multiple environmental challenges, which the Government is committed to addressing.
“It is widely known that the Aravalli range is one of the oldest on our planet, covering Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. The past several years have brought to the fore several environmental challenges relating to this range, which our Government is committed to mitigating. Our focus is to rejuvenate areas linked with this range. We are going to work with the respective local administrations and going to emphasise things such as improving water systems, curbing dust storms, stopping eastward expansion of the Thar desert and more.“
Modi said that in the Aravalli range and beyond, in addition to the traditional planting methods, we will encourage new techniques, especially in urban and semi-urban areas where there are space constraints.
The Prime Minister also urged the youth of the country to actively participate in the movement and contribute to enhancing the green cover of the planet.
In addition to tree plantation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also flagged off 200 Electric Buses under the Delhi Government’s sustainable transport initiative, promoting clean urban mobility and symbolising the nation’s collective responsibility towards ecological balance.
Want to know in detail about Aravalli and the green wall project? Watch this video.
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