Archive · 5 Jun 2025
Delhi Airport Distributes Seed Balls to Promote Environment
On World Environment Day, Delhi Airport is giving out 6,000 seed balls to people arriving at the airport.
These seed balls have seeds inside and are made with clay and compost.
When they're tossed on the ground, they help trees grow!
The seeds are for trees that produce fruits and are good for the environment like lemon, tamarind, and gooseberry.
Local people made the seed balls, so it helps them make money.
The airport wants everyone to help plant trees and make the environment better.
More trees will help clean the air and give jobs to local people.
Delhi Airport is distributing seed balls to flyers on World Environment Day.
The initiative aims to promote biodiversity and increase green cover.
Seed balls contain a mix of fruit-bearing and environmentally beneficial tree species.
Local communities prepared the seed balls, providing them with a sustainable livelihood.
The project encourages passengers to participate in reforestation efforts.
- Who
- Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) and flyers
- What
- Distribution of over 6,000 seed balls containing seeds of fruit-bearing and environmentally beneficial trees.
- When
- World Environment Day, Thursday
- Where
- Delhi Airport, Terminal 1 Arrival area
- Why
- To promote biodiversity, increase green cover, support carbon sequestration and raise awareness for World Environment Day
- Event
- Seed ball distribution
- Location
- Delhi Airport, Terminal 1
- Date
- World Environment Day (Thursday)
- Organizer
- Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)
- Number of Seed Balls
- Over 6,000
- Seed types
- Lemon, tamarind, gooseberry, neem and peepal