BBMP gearing up for tree census

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 BBMP gearing up for tree census, data collection

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•  ₹3.74 crore Total cost of logging
•  ₹46.80 lakh Cost of enumeration in each zone
•  20.80 lakh Estimation of trees in the city
•  2.60 lakhs Approximate number of trees in each zone

 Bengaluru: BBMP has finally decided to conduct a census of trees in the city and plans to complete the census by the end of March 2024. Comprehensive information including tree-plant picture, species will be recorded in the app.

 The tree census will be done on the mobile app prepared by the Karnataka State Remote Sensing Application Center (KSRSAC). BBMP forest department has invited tenders for tree census and data collection on August 7. Separate tenders have been called for eight zones and the tender will be finalized on 25th. Once the subsequent processes are completed, the census is scheduled to be completed by the end of March 31, 2024.

 A census of the trees in Bangalore should be made public. In 2019, the High Court had instructed the BBMP that the census process should be started in three months. After four years, BBMP has started a tree census.

 The Census piloted by BBMP is in six volumes and BBMP currently has information on only 46,593 trees.

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 According to the Tree Preservation Act, a census must be done. Although the High Court gave an order in 2019, the tree census has not started. BBMP officials were giving some reasons,' said Dattatreya T. Devere of Bangalore Environment Trust.

 The census of trees is being carried out on priority basis. Once we get this number, it will help us for further planning. We also publish information about each tree on the website. Information about how many trees will be felled and where for which projects will be available. Besides, the details of newly planted saplings will also be published,” said Swamy, DCF, Forest Department, BBMP.

Barcode Board

 Botanists will be in the surveying team. A census of all the trees and plants with a diameter of 5.5 cm or 1 meter in height will be collected. A number is entered on each tree during the census. After all this report is prepared, the image of the tree, its number along with its age, species information can be obtained through barcode. A barcode board is placed on the trees that can be seen standing on one side of the road. Through this, complete information about the trees in their area will be available to the public.

 '2 trees for every house'

 Swamy, Deputy Conservator of Forests, BBMP, said that by implementing the rule that every house in the city should have two trees, everyone will be encouraged to plant and grow saplings.

 According to the rules of the Karnataka Tree Preservation Act, there should be two trees per plot of 222 square meters (2,389 square feet) of houses and buildings in urban areas. 892 square meters (9,600 square feet) of building-sites should have three, then four trees in area. Industrial and Institutional premises should have 25 trees per hectare. He said that it has been decided to implement this rule.

 In community housing area (gated community) two saplings per house are mandatory. Then it will be implemented everywhere in the city. He informed that all measures will be taken to increase the amount of green cover in the city.

 In Bengaluru, a city with a population of 1.30 crore, there is one tree for every seven people. In Chandigarh and Gandhinagar there are four plants per person, in Nashik there are two plants per person,” said Prof. Indian Institute of Science. T.V. Ramachandra informed.

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