Administrator
08 July 2026
*Pictures show Union Home Minister Amit Shah planting peepal trees in the Ridge area of Delhi on June 7, 2026.
Consider this first.
300 electric buses.Three newly built bus depots and 40 vehicle testing centers.A High Security Prison in Narela.
In addition, New Delhi, the capital city of India, which is under the rule of the BJP, is witnessing a green campaign. The campaign aims to revive the Ridge area by planting and growing long-living trees so as to add a new form to Delhi’s biodiversity, soil, water, and environment.
The campaign was launched after Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off these new electric buses and laid the foundation stones of the above institutions on June 7, 2026.
Addressing the event, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah said that many poisonous and thorny trees are visible in Delhi's Ridge area, which create an illusion of a green Delhi when seen, but are not favorable to our environment.
He said that in 1994, 7,784 hectares of Delhi's Ridge area were notified under the Indian Forest Act, but its final notification was not issued for 30 years. He said the Delhi Government has taken a positive step in this direction and declared 5,000 hectares of this area as forest land.
Shri Shah said that the government is going to provide legal protection to the entire Ridge. Within three years, trees that live for more than 100 years, such as peepal, banyan, neem, gular, arjun, and jamun, will be planted across the entire Ridge to turn it into the lungs of a green Delhi.
