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A histrion census records the number, species, girth, height, and canopy of trees successful a fixed area. (File photo)
With Mumbai’s greenish screen depleting owed to accelerated infrastructure development, the city’s municipal commissioner and state-appointed administrator, Bhushan Gagrani, announced that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) volition behaviour a caller histrion census by the extremity of this year.
“A caller histrion census volition beryllium started successful Mumbai this year, the census is apt to commencement station October, focusing connected appraisal of the wide greenish screen of Mumbai and ways to augment it successful bid to amended the prime of surviving for people,” Gagrani told the Indian Express.
Mumbai presently has astir 30 lakh trees, which rises to 70 lakh erstwhile including the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), Gagrani noted. He acknowledged that infrastructure projects person importantly impacted the city’s greenery, but efforts are underway to reverse the trend.
“Over the past fewer years we person seen Mumbai undergoing a translation successful presumption of infrastructure growth. The trees person been a casualty and we are moving connected ways to reconstruct the mislaid greenish cover. In the past fewer years, we person planted adjacent to 2 lakh trees annually and person taken utmost attraction successful transplanting the mislaid trees. Also, the Coastal Road and Mahalaxmi Race Course are acceptable to bring Mumbai an further 300 acres of greenish screen successful the adjacent mates of years,” Gagrani added.
A histrion census records the number, species, girth, height, and canopy of trees successful a fixed area. The upcoming census volition beryllium conducted by an bureau specialised successful specified services, according to civic officials. Mumbai’s past histrion census successful 2011 reported 29.75 lakh trees, excluding those connected backstage properties and wood land.
City-based arborist Vaibhav Raje emphasised the value of regular histrion censuses.
“The main vantage of carrying retired a regular histrion census is gaining an knowing of the wide diverseness of trees and the varied resources that they provide. A census besides helps successful mapping the wide greenish screen and helps successful chalking mode towards making caller greenish spaces. A census besides helps successful knowing due budget allocation of trees,” Raje told The Indian Express.
In 2021, the BMC initiated a aviator histrion audit successful D ward, assessing 100 trees. However, this was not expanded city-wide. Currently, Mumbai’s colonisation stands astatine astir 1.29 crore, with a tree-to-human ratio of 1 histrion for each 4 people. A 2014 Indian Institute of Science (IISC) study suggests an perfect ratio of 7 trees per person, portion a United Nations study recommends astatine slightest 10 trees per idiosyncratic for a steadfast lifestyle.
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