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Trees facing axe find new lease of life as bonsai plants
At the ITO nursery on Outer
Ring Road, trees felled for various infrastructure projects are getting a new
lease of life. To make sure that none of the trees cut in Delhi are wasted, the
Forest department has started a drive, which involves replanting tree stumps
and developing them into bonsai plants.
On an average, about 2,000
trees are cut in Delhi each year. In 2010, the Delhi government had hiked the
fine for cutting a tree from Rs 1,000 to Rs 28,000. “Currently, we are
converting trees only of the Ficus family, such as Pilkan, Pipal, Gular and
Bargad into bonsai,” said Chief Conservator of Forests D M Shukla. The Forest
department plans to raise at least 1,000 bonsai plants annually.
The
Forest department has hired a bonsai specialist from Bulandshar, Mohammed
Hussain Khan, for the job. The 52-year-old man has been working in this field
for the last 15 years.
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