Delhi Government becomes first to launch Tree Transplantation Policy
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has passed a first-of-its-kind in India ‘Tree Transplantation Policy’ to preserve trees for clean and green Delhi.
- As per this policy, the trees which needs be felled due to any circumstances, like for constructions and other development projects, would not be cut but instead uprooted and transplanted somewhere else.
Features of the Policy
- Atleast 80 percent of the total number of trees to be felled for any construction/development project, must be transplanted to other location.
- Additionally, compensatory plantation of 10 saplings for each tree, as being followed currently, will continue.
- This policy however, will not apply if 10 or less trees are to be felled.
- Also, the transplantation agency will need to ensure that 80 percent of transplanted trees survive, following which only they will receive the payments.
