Japanese-style forests in Mumbai to tackle deluge

Mumbai, August 7

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed planting 100 Japanese-style mini-forests across Mumbai to tackle water-logging during monsoon.

“We have begun work on planting mini-forests using the Japanese Miyawaki technology in five plots across Mumbai,” Vijay Singhal, Additional Municipal Commissioner said. The plots are located in suburbs of Kurla, Chandivali, Bandra and Kandivali. This will soon be extended to 20 plots in the next stage before being rolled across Mumbai, the official said.

Explaining the concept of Miyawaki mini-forests, Mumbai’s Municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi said trees would be planted in a highly dense manner as pioneered by Japanese horticulturist Akira Miyawaki. “The forests will be 30 times denser with a thick cluster of trees and require to be nurtured for only three years. After that, the forests will take care of themselves.” — TNS