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Discom’s move for a green Delhi

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Will undertake bamboo plantation

NDPL flags off awareness drive by planting 200 plants
Bamboo helps in reducing carbon dioxide

NEW DELHI: After energy conservation, it is environmental depletion and global warming that have drawn the attention of the power distribution companies. Aiming to do its bit for the environment, North Delhi Power Limited, a joint venture of Tata Power and the Delhi Government, has announced a new initiative of undertaking bamboo plantation in its distribution network and adjoining areas.

The exercise is part of a larger move of escalating the power distribution company’s ongoing energy conservation drive. NDPL flagged off the awareness drive by planting 200 bamboo plants at its research and training centre at Rohini on Monday.

“Energy and environment conservation are two key issues which need urgent attention at all levels from various quarters across the world. We have been doing our bit in Delhi with aggressive awareness and educational initiatives though our Energy Club programmes comprising over 50,000 school children and also through educational workshops on energy conservation which are organised for our consumers in association with WWF India,” said an NDPL spokesperson.

Referring to the benefits of bamboo plantation, the discom official said bamboo produces 30 per cent more oxygen than a hardwood forest on the same area and helps reduce carbon dioxide, the primary cause of global warming. It also prevents soil erosion, removes toxins from contaminated soil, is a natural water control barrier and because of its large root system and canopy, bamboo greatly reduces rain run-off, prevents massive soil erosion and keeps twice as much water in the watershed.

“The new initiative of bamboo plantation is aimed at creating awareness about bamboo being an excellent natural medium of restoring the ecosystem because of its inherent properties and also to create awareness about environmental degradation and advent of global warming amongst general populace,” the NDPL spokesperson said.

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