Delhi Forest Cover

Neeraj, who was riding a pillion, escaped into the nearby forest area under the cover of darkness. However, he left his firearm behind, the officer said.

Stressing on the need for greater green cover in the national capital, the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the authorities to find land to create another forest area besides the ridge.

The Centre, in an affidavit filed before the court, submitted that the rising denser forest areas signifies an "increase in the capacity of forests to sequester carbon and mitigate environmental pollution".

The Delhi government has set an ambitious target of increasing the city's green cover from 20.6 per cent to 25 per cent by 2025, but officials say this is possible only if the DDA hands overland on the Yamuna riverbanks to the forest department.

If Delhi saw temperature upwards of 46 degrees yesterday, Hyderabad is not far behind. The city recorded 43 degrees Celsius and more over the few last weeks

The national capital can turn into a desert if the green cover and forest land fall prey to illegal construction and encroachment, the Delhi High Court has observed.

Delhi government is committed to increase green cover of Delhi from present 20 to 25 per cent in the next five years, city Environment Minister Imran Hussain said on Wednesday.

The Delhi High Court today directed the city government and its authorities to ensure there was no further encroachment in forests in the National Capital Territory, after it was told that the green cover in Delhi was shrinking due to rampant construction.

Forest cover in the national capital increased from six per cent in 1999 to 20.8 per cent in 2013 mainly due to plantation activity carried out in non-forest areas, the city government has told the Delhi High Court.

In spite of rapid urbanisation, the government today said that Delhi has the largest forest cover out of three metropolitan cities while the country's green cover is over 23 per cent.

India's ambitious plans to fight climate change by enhancing the forest cover at a cost of Rs. 46,000 crore by 2020 have been stuck with no funds available since it was cleared by the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change in 2011.

Neeraj, who was riding a pillion, escaped into the nearby forest area under the cover of darkness. However, he left his firearm behind, the officer said.

Stressing on the need for greater green cover in the national capital, the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the authorities to find land to create another forest area besides the ridge.

The Centre, in an affidavit filed before the court, submitted that the rising denser forest areas signifies an "increase in the capacity of forests to sequester carbon and mitigate environmental pollution".

The Delhi government has set an ambitious target of increasing the city's green cover from 20.6 per cent to 25 per cent by 2025, but officials say this is possible only if the DDA hands overland on the Yamuna riverbanks to the forest department.

If Delhi saw temperature upwards of 46 degrees yesterday, Hyderabad is not far behind. The city recorded 43 degrees Celsius and more over the few last weeks

The national capital can turn into a desert if the green cover and forest land fall prey to illegal construction and encroachment, the Delhi High Court has observed.

Delhi government is committed to increase green cover of Delhi from present 20 to 25 per cent in the next five years, city Environment Minister Imran Hussain said on Wednesday.

The Delhi High Court today directed the city government and its authorities to ensure there was no further encroachment in forests in the National Capital Territory, after it was told that the green cover in Delhi was shrinking due to rampant construction.

Forest cover in the national capital increased from six per cent in 1999 to 20.8 per cent in 2013 mainly due to plantation activity carried out in non-forest areas, the city government has told the Delhi High Court.

In spite of rapid urbanisation, the government today said that Delhi has the largest forest cover out of three metropolitan cities while the country's green cover is over 23 per cent.

India's ambitious plans to fight climate change by enhancing the forest cover at a cost of Rs. 46,000 crore by 2020 have been stuck with no funds available since it was cleared by the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change in 2011.