New Delhi: According to a report released by India State of Forest Report (ISFR) on Monday, the National Capital's green cover has increased from 305.41 sq km in 2017 to 324.44 sq km in 2019.
With this increase, the total green cover of Delhi stands at 21.86 per cent of the total geographical area (1,483 sq km).
As per the report by the Forest Survey of India, the forest cover of the city has increased from 192.41 sq km in 2017 to 195.44 sq km in 2019 while the tree cover has increased from 113 sq km in 2017 to 129 sq km this year.
"Delhi has 6.72 sq km area under very dense forest (VDF), 56.42 sq km under moderately dense forest (MDF) and 132.30 sq km under open forest (OF). Delhi's forest cover has increased by 3.03 sq km as compared to the previous assessment reported in ISFR 2017,” the report said.
South Delhi saw the maximum increase of 1.28 sq km in forest cover followed by South West Delhi (1.09 sq km).
