ALL FOR TREES

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ALL FOR TREES

ALL FOR TREES! Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL, a GMR led consortium has launched a mega plantation drive around Delhi airport which is slated to be one of the greenest airports of the country. The Whitepaper mega drive will see 6,000 saplings of indigenous trees being planted over a year. One fully grown tree can reportedly absorb 60,999 kg CO2/year! Pic shows CEO- DIAL Videh Kumar Jaipuriar kick starting the tree plantation drive by planting a sapling. Some 200 saplings were planted in a single day near Hanuman Mandir. DIAL maintains about a 100 acres of dedicated landscapes within the upcoming Delhi airport complex.