Gandhinagar, Aug. 8 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday inaugurated the Urban Forest Park in Lambha Ward, Ahmedabad South Zone, developed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation under the PPP model. On this occasion, the Chief Minister also unveiled the statue of Bhagwan Birsa Munda at the park, according to a release issued by the Gujarat CMO.

The Urban Forest in Lambha Ward has been developed over an area of 4,464 square meters at a cost of Rs.55 lakh. Around 8,000 indigenous trees--including Teak (Tectona grandis), Khair (Cutch tree), Bamboo, Siris (Albizia lebbeck), Sissu( Dalbergia sissoo), and Arjun( Terminalia arjuna)--have been planted using the Miyawaki method. A 250-meter-long walkway has also been constructed as...