NEW DELHI, JUN 5 (PTI): Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said the ministry will support educational institutions and other organisations to develop ‘Namo Park’ green spaces on small land parcels.
Yadav along with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched a Delhi government initiative to develop 18 ‘Namo Oxygen Parks’ across the capital, from Maidangarhi area in South Delhi, asserting that these green spaces were a step towards making a “Green Delhi”.
Addressing the event, he said the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had initiated the ‘Nagar Van’ scheme few years ago to develop green spaces in urban areas.
“Educational institutions and other organisations can set up Namo Oxygen Parks at smaller spaces measuring 300-3,000 square metres and we will support them by providing local species of plants and trees,” he said.
Yadav also lauded the Delhi government’s steps to curb air pollution in the national capital region and assured every possible support from the Centre in this regard.
He appreciated the Delhi government’s measures towards increasing the number of electric buses in its public transport network, controlling industrial emission, and pollution remediation in non confirming industrial areas.
The Union minister further said India has taken significant steps to address global environmental challenges like rising carbon emissions due to human activities, diminishing biodiversity and land infertility due to excessive use of chemical fertilisers.
