New Delhi, March 5 -- Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched a bamboo plantation drive at the Bhalswa landfill site on Tuesday and assured people that the area would soon be turned green.
Addressing reporters along with the chief minister and other ministers, the L-G Saxena said bamboo was chosen for the plantation drive because it releases 30 per cent more oxygen, requires less water and grow fast. "Within a year, when you pass this landfill site, you will see a green patch instead of heaps of trash," said L-G Saxena.
He said efforts to reclaim landfill sites began two years ago and with the start of the plantation drive, the process of turning these areas into green zones has begun. The L-G ...