India, June 5 -- Flyers arriving at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Thursday will be handed more than just their boarding passes. As part of its World Environment Day initiative, the airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said it will be distributing over 6,000 seed balls to arriving passengers, in a bid to encourage urban reforestation and biodiversity conservation.

DIAL said the initiative is designed to promote environmental awareness among travellers while directly contributing to carbon sequestration efforts in the region. The seed balls will consist of fruit-bearing species.

"The seed balls include a carefully curated mix of fruit-bearing and environmentally beneficial tree species - Lemon...