Gift To Delhiites On World Environment Day

As Delhiites are going through unbearable summer season, a true Good News awaits for them.

This year's Environment day( 5th June) was really a special one for Delhiites. It has brought a big smile on the face of the citizens as Delhi Development Authority(DDA) has announced its decision of creating four bio-diversity park within the territory of this city.

To revive the bio-heritage of Delhi, DDA has decided to build four biodiversity parks encompassing large land of those area which has some heritage sites. DDA has marked four areas for this proposed plan such as Northern Ridge, Yamuna Riverfront, Neela Hauz and Tilpath Valley near Asola Wildlife Sanctuary.

According to the Neemo Dhar, a DDA spokesperson, these four biodiversity parks would revive the old eco-systems of the city and also reduce the pollution level in the city. Also said that project would start by the end of the year.
Two year's ago DDA has created its first biodiversity park, known as Yamuna biodiversity Park, which covers an area of 457 hectares. Delhi University's botany department has decided to provide a helping hand to DDA in this project.

Out of the four park, the Northern Ridge Park, spreads across 87 hectares and one at the Yamuna river front will be the largest ones. The park at the Yamuna riverfront will comprise a body of interlinked pockets on both banks of the river. Park at the Northern Ridge will enable to revive the water harvesting sites and also to identify the ecozones and green habitats available in the region.

DDA has also planned to connects the seven identified heritage structures such as two guard houses, a flagstaff tower that’s a signal monument dating back to 1857, several 14th Century structures like Chauburja mosque and Pir-Ghaib, a British era Mutiny memorial and the third century BC Ashoka Pillar in the area as walkways.

Plans for the park in the Northern Ridge include reviving the water harvesting sites in the region, along with identifying the ecozones and green habitats available. DDA also wants to link the seven identified heritage structures in this area, in the form of walkways. These include two guard houses, a flagstaff tower that’s a signal monument dating back to 1857, several 14th Century structures like Chauburja mosque and Pir-Ghaib, a British era Mutiny memorial and the third century BC Ashoka Pillar. Sources said these walkways will serve as both nature and heritage trails.


The Tilpath Valley biodiversity park will be built with an eye on reviving and restoring springs, as it’s a major catchment area and a ground water recharging zone. Grasslands will also be developed here so as to protect the zone. The plan here is to develop the park along with the sanctuary into a forest ecosystem having hilltops, slope and valley forest characteristics of the Aravallis. A nature trail along the periphery with a few walkways that cut across these formations will also be developed.

    DDA also proposes to carve out a green space in the Neela Hauz area over 5 acres. The land will later be integrated with the Sanjay Van and made into a reserve forest land. Here, the woodlands with nature trails will be developed near human settlements for recreational purposes, claims the DDA. Sources added that encroachments, which are present at the moment, will be removed soon.