Know why Delhi's lung problem is becoming acute
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The ridge, also known as Delhi's lung is under attack
Acting like a human lung, the ridge helps the city in its gaseous exchange, removing tonnes of carbon dioxide, which the city exhales and giving off life-supporting oxygen.
It also helps in groundwater recharge, regulates temperature and acts as a sound barrier.
It also helps in groundwater recharge, regulates temperature and acts as a sound barrier.
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Delhi's protector requires urgent protection
Efforts to protect the ridge began in the mid-1980s by a couple of non-governmental organisations.
The Delhi unit of the National Alliance of Peoples' Movements (NAPM), a loose network of various peoples' movements, is trying to spread awareness, although it got legal protection as a reserve forest in 1994, after a campaign to save it began in 1992.
The Delhi unit of the National Alliance of Peoples' Movements (NAPM), a loose network of various peoples' movements, is trying to spread awareness, although it got legal protection as a reserve forest in 1994, after a campaign to save it began in 1992.
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Delhi's fast disapperaing forests
Delhi’s forests are such an integral part of its heritage that the history of the city can be traced through them.
Most of Delhi’s forests are on the Ridge, the tail end of the Aravalli hills that runs from the south to the north of the city.
The northern extension of the ancient Aravalli hills, the Delhi ridge sprawls over 7,784 hectares.
Most of Delhi’s forests are on the Ridge, the tail end of the Aravalli hills that runs from the south to the north of the city.
The northern extension of the ancient Aravalli hills, the Delhi ridge sprawls over 7,784 hectares.
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The involvement of various stakeholders
The issue is all the more complex because of the multiplicity of agencies presently in charge of various portions of the Ridge and their differing ethos.
This has resulted in government agencies as well as private institutions being allotted land on the Ridge, either on a permanent or on a temporary basis.
This has resulted in government agencies as well as private institutions being allotted land on the Ridge, either on a permanent or on a temporary basis.
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Delhi: Bird-rich capital
There’s only one capital city in the world which hosts a greater variety of birds than Delhi’s checklist of nearly 450 species, and that’s Nairobi, Kenya.
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Encroachments and poor management
Encroachments - by the poor and the rich alike - are proving to be the ridge's bane.
The malady is monumental, and the various court verdicts towards its protection has provided incomplete relief at best.
The malady is monumental, and the various court verdicts towards its protection has provided incomplete relief at best.