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Sheila wants Jor Bagh to be city’s greenest colony

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday launched a plantation drive in Jor Bagh by planting saplings at Elders’ Park.  Around 150 school children joined her in planting saplings.  
Speaking on the occasion, Dikshit said that she wanted the upmarket Jor Bagh to be the greenest colony in the national capital.

‘The park is already green though it needs to be developed as a green canopy to function as lungs of the colony,’ she added.
Dikshit stated that there is need to take care of planted saplings in order to facilitate them to grow as full-fledged trees. ‘The more trees in Delhi means more oxygen for the city,’ she said.
She exhorted people to take care of planted saplings like their kids.

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