In a tie-up with the state Forest department, CREDAI West Bengal will soon hold a workshop for real estate builders to ensure that the mandatory 20 per cent green area in a development project must contain flora that is native to the place to ensure zero loss of indigenous species.
Milan Kanti Mondal, Divisional Forest Officer, South 24-Parganassaid, “It is mandatory that in any development project, 20 per cent of the area must have greenery. The regeneration plan needs to be approved by the DFO concerned. Suppose a project is 100 acres, 20 acres should be reserved for greenery else the building plan won’t be sanctioned. We will explain to the real estate builders that such greenery be planted which is native to the place and is fruit-bearing that will in turn attract birds.”
Sushil Mohta, President, CREDAI West Bengal & Chairman, Merlin Group said, “The workshop will be aimed at making builders aware of planting native trees and right kind of greenery in their projects. Most developers in Kolkata are planting trees native to the city. More guidance will help them do it in a proper manner. Kolkata also has a very good footprint of green buildings.”
