On February 1, the municipal corporation of Chennai celebrated the initial anniversary of Miywaki forest in Kotturpuram. Image: IE
In Chennai, a new Miyawaki forest close to the Secretariat has been added by the Greater Chennai Corporation. The new Miyawaki forest has been set up beneath the civic body’s initiative for setting up as lots of as 1,000 urban forests across the city. It is to note that this Miyawaki forest has been produced by the Inner Wheel Club of Madras. Around 3,000 square feet of barren land was applied and converted into an urban forest. According to a report by The IE, the club began planting the saplings final year in September and now, the location is covered with a total of 837 trees of 30 indigenous trees. The report noted that the functionaries of Inner Wheel Club along with the corporate officials have been the participants in this occasion.
On February 1, the municipal corporation of Chennai celebrated the initial anniversary of Miywaki forest in Kotturpuram. There, Corporation Commissioner G Prakash stated that they will now program more than 1,000 urban forests leveraging the open spaces as nicely as reserve lands in the city. This is anticipated to provide green cover in the city.
To be positive, Chennai received its initial Miywaki forest at Canal Bank Road in Zone 13 (Adyar) which is an location of 2211.87 sq.m. Around 2,000 saplings have been planted in the location with a total price of Rs 15 lakh. This led to the civic body program and plant 60,000 saplings amongst 30 urban forests in Chennai. According to the report, most of the urban forest land belongs to the Greater Chennai Corporation and has been a space that had garbage dumps filled with strong waste, building debris. Many instances these spaces have been also applied for anti-social activities.
Earlier this month, Prakash stated that the corporation has also requested private developers, NGOs and resident associations to assistance with the creation of these urban forests. He added that it can also be an chance for private players to location ads, signboards in the forests they will sustain. In order to make resident welfare associations step forward to develop urban forests, the Greater Chennai Corporation has also offered permission to the residents to pay a visit to forests that are there in a variety of components of the city.