Archive · 21 Aug 2026
CISF Plants Trees to Revive Yamuna Bank in Delhi
The CISF is trying to make a bare piece of land beside the Yamuna greener.
Nearly 100 CISF workers planted trees there on Friday.
The land covers six acres and was provided by the Delhi Development Authority.
They plan to plant 1,000 fruit and medicinal trees.
They will also plant one lakh slips of vetiver grass.
Vetiver has long roots that can help hold soil in place.
It may also help clean polluted water and absorb some pollutants.
The idea came from a successful forest project near a coal mine in Dhanbad.
The CISF plans to return in a year to see how the area has changed.
Nearly 100 CISF personnel led by Director General Praveer Ranjan planted saplings along the Yamuna on Friday.
The initiative covers a 6-acre plot provided by the Delhi Development Authority near Sarai Kale Khan.
The CISF plans to plant 1,000 fruit-bearing and medicinal trees and one lakh vetiver grass slips.
The project draws on a forestry effort that turned a barren hillock near a BCCL mine in Dhanbad into a forest.
Officials aim to make the Yamuna-bank site green and clean within a year and revisit it then.
- Who
- Nearly 100 Central Industrial Security Force personnel, led by Director General Praveer Ranjan.
- What
- A project to rejuvenate a 6-acre Yamuna-bank plot by planting 1,000 trees and one lakh vetiver grass slips.
- When
- The planting took place on Friday; officials plan to assess the site again in a year.
- Where
- The Ganga Vihar area near Sarai Kale Khan along the Yamuna River in Delhi.
- Why
- To conserve the environment and replicate a successful forestry experiment from the Dhanbad coal belt.
- Land area
- 6 acres
- Trees planned
- 1,000 fruit-bearing and medicinal trees
- Vetiver planting
- One lakh vetiver grass slips
- Implementing force
- Central Industrial Security Force
- Land provider
- Delhi Development Authority
- Target timeline
- Make the site green and clean within a year
- Model project
- A reclaimed barren hillock near a Bharat Coking Coal Limited mine in Dhanbad