On Thursday, The Greening Delhi was inaugurated by Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, this initiative at Green Triangle near Delhi Secretariat.According to this programme the step is taken to clean road dust and to control air pollution.

Kejriwal said,“The PWD maintains around 1260 km of roads in Delhi. These comprise of central verges, side verges and kuchcha portions under the flyovers. These bald patches will be greened to reduce the pollution caused by road dust. From tomorrow, vacuum cleaning of the roads will also start. So, no dust will remain on the road,”.

The CM also tweeted , “Congrats Delhi. Vacuum cleaning and greening of PWD roads begins. Greening will complete by October, vacuum cleaning on all roads in two months.”

PWD official said,“One of the major causes of air pollution in the city is the fine suspended particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) because of road and construction dust. This dust gets multiplied manifold by the numerous vehicles running on the capital’s roads. Manual sweeping doesn’t help as the fine particles remain suspended on the surface,”

He added,”Vacuum cleaning will remove even the finest of particles like PM10 and 2.5,”

An official aforesaid,“This exercise will be completed within three months with an estimated expenditure of around Rs 2 crore. The next phase will start again in July. To water the new green stretches and patches, only treated water from DJB plants will be used,”

Under the greening programmed, around 120 acres of roadside areas will get pollution-absorbing trees and plants which consist shrubs like thevetia nerefolia (Pila Kaner), nerium oleander (Lal Kaner), calliandra brevipes (powder puff) and bougainvilleas and trees like pilkhan, neem, pipa and arjun.

The Greening Delhi:green makeover for Delhi roads from April 1