DDA announced its Plans of Creating Four Diversity Parks

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on 7 November 2012 announced its plans of creating four diversity parks that would span in a total area of 10000 hectares. Out of this 7000 hectares would be the a park that will span over the Yamuna Flood Plains and the second one that is proposed to be developed across the Tilpat Valley, adjoin the Asola-Bhatti Mines in an area of 80 hectares would be the over an area of 80 hectares.

The manmade biodiversity parks would help in regenerating the natural wilderness. Creation of such parks would be helpful in recharging the ground water level, purification of water, holding and controlling the situations of floods to a greater extent, controlling the mask of pollutant cover in the environment and lowering down the shield of growing temperature.

Before this, the Delhi University’s Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Systems has helped in regeneration of the native flora surrounding the Yamuna and Aravalli Biodiversity Park, which played a great role in bringing back several varieties of migratory birds at Yamuna Park and ninety species Butterflies to the Aravalli Park.

The development Crocodile Park in the Yamuna Biodiversity Park development programs phase 2 is under process. Within seven years of starting the work for Aravalli Biodiversity Park, the vilayati kikar also called prosposis julifera (brought by British to create greenery) that is a threat to natural and endemic flora of the region has been replaced up to 70 percent.

The scientists were also successful in creation of a tropical rainforest in the mine-pits of the park that helps in retaining a shield of cool temperature round the park. The thick canopy of trees that is created by more than 50 species of orchids and the bats hanging on them in the vicinity of the naturally formed water bodies makes an ultimate view of scenic beauty in the Biodiversity Park.