To increase the green cover in the city, this monsoon, the horticulture department of Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will be providing free saplings to the Resident Welfare Associations (RWA'S).
A special drive of increasing the green cover will be initiated in the areas of Northern Periphery Road and Southern Periphery Road (SPR) where large scale construction activities has resulted in reduction of green cover in these areas.
The Municipal body will also assist the resident welfare groups in maintenance of parks. The move by MCG comes at a time when thousands of trees are being cut in the city for construction activities. Not long ago Umesh Aggarwal the Gurugram MLA had also announced to plant 10 lakh saplings this monsoon with the help of city residents.
The initiatives are being announced at a time when a large number of trees is being felled. Over 4,000 trees were cut along NH-8 for the construction of underpasses and flyover along its major traffic intersections. Recently, there were reports of 100 trees being felled for the purpose of widening the MG road. "It is good if the MCG is thinking of planting more trees. However, it is important that they must also maintain the sapling than just plant and then forget about it," said Dhruv Bansal of Gurugram Citizens Council.