Jaipur Development Authority to spruce up Silvan Park to increase green cover | Jaipur News

More than 50,000 shrubs and trees will be planted in the park

JAIPUR: City residents are in for a treat as the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) is set to develop the 113-hectare extension of Silvan Park on Agra Road. With this, the Pink City will get another park as big as Central Park.
The civic body will spend approximately Rs 10 crore for the project as announced by the chief minister in the budget speech.
The project is expected to increase the city’s green cover. As the city is expanding, the JDA is developing parks for different zones to reduce travel time to use such facilities. Work to develop the park will start as soon as the final design gets prepared by the consultancy firm. “The presentation to develop the park was given on November 3. This will be an extension of the existing park and once developed, it will be one of the biggest parks on the city outskirts,” said a JDA official.
The official said, “A land has been identified near Kanota and the JDA will be developing it as a park. The park will be a theme-based one and it will have several indigenous species. More than 50,000 shrubs and trees will be planted.”
Sources said the city had less than 10% of its area under green cover, which is way less than the mandatory 20% required as per the Master Plan 2025.
Earlier, the JDA had planned to develop woodland parks and plant trees, but the results were far from satisfactory.
The civic body and forest officials said increasing green cover in the city was a herculean task and needed sustained efforts and enough resources.
As per the master plan, the entry roads from Delhi, Ajmer, Sikar, and Agra, are supposed to have green corridors of 30 to 45 m on either side of the approaches.
However, the project could not be completed due to the unavailability of land. To increase the green cover, the civic has to earmark spaces in its new colonies. “The is the only way to save planted trees. Now as the land was available, planning has been done to plant more trees and increase green cover,” the official said.