The Department of Environment Management Services (DEMS) is soon going to undertake afforestation around the three landfills of Delhi (Bhalswa, Okhla, and Ghazipur) as per the National Green Tribunal (Oct 2022) direction.

The technique of Miyawaki afforestation (biofencing), i.e., planting indigenous, fast-growing plants to form a green belt 5-10m around the periphery of landfills, will help limit the spread of toxic gases, dust, and pollutants.

The horticulture department aims to plant around 52 indigenous plant varieties.

After the bio-remediation of the years-old legacy wastes, the process will soon start.

This project will be implemented by an NGO named Green Yatra.