India, Jan. 7 -- The Delhi forest and wildlife department has identified all forest pockets where construction and demolition waste is being dumped in south Delhi's Bhati village and has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to remove the waste, the department officials informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

Plans to rejuvenate these patches with Miyawaki forests were also shared with the tribunal.

In a status report submitted to the tribunal, the department said it proposes to plant 60,000 saplings of native species on these identified forest parcels in Bhati village using the Miyawaki method. The plantation, however, will begin only after winter since the prevailing climatic conditions are not suitable for planting.

The...