New Delhi, April 10 – Amid concerns about the low survival rate of transplanted trees, the Delhi government has commissioned a scientific study to understand survival trends and plans to import advanced tree transplanting machines from abroad to make the process more effective.
Officials said that the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun has been asked to conduct a study within three months. "These steps are being taken to make changes in the Delhi Tree Transplantation Policy 2020 based on scientific evidence," they said.
This move follows concerns over low survival rates of transplanted trees, with a previous report by the Forest Research Institute estimating an overall survival rate of 35.45 per cent, with significant variation across species.
Forest department data also showed that of the 1,357 trees transplanted between 2019 and 2022, 578 survived, translating to a survival rate of 42.5 per cent.
Delhi Environment and Forest Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa told