MCD lays emphasis on plantation through ‘path-breaking’ Miyawaki technique

New Delhi: Ever since the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the Miyawaki technique for plantation in his popular radio programme “Mann Ki Baat”, the state government and municipal corporation are laying emphasis on plantation through this path-breaking technique.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has chalked out a plan to upkeep the landfill sites at Okhla, Bhalswa and Ghazipur, and preparations to execute the directions from officials have already begun. MCD also plans to create a 6.33-acre Miyawaki forest site near the Bhalswa landfill.

An MCD official said that we will plant 56,970 tree saplings and 6,330 shrubs, along with mulch material. All of these are native trees. This will be largest such Miyawaki site in Delhi.

Trees being added in these projects include Adhatoda vasica (Malabar nut), Calatropis gigantea (crown flower), Grewia Tenax (phalsa cherry), Vitex Negundo (Chinese chaste tree), Carissa Congesta (kaner), liomonia acidissima (wood apple), moringa, Murraya paniculata (orange jasmine), Saraca Asoca (ashoka), Wendlandia heynei (simtaara), ziziphus mauritiana (Indian jujube), Ficus virens (pilkhan), Madhuca Longifolia (mahua) and tectona grandis (teak), peepal, neem and mango.

Pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, a Miyawaki forest has thousands of native tree species grown closely together in a small patch of area. Compared to a conventional forest, a Miyawaki forest is not only several times denser, but can also be ready in two to three years.