Dear friends of forests, creating an urban forest is like creating a movie!
There is a lot of work that goes on behind the screen for us to view the beautiful flora n fauna!
One such example is the water that you see in this picture.
Trenches were dug, and stone bundings were created to retain the runway water during monsoon by volunteers. In urban areas, water does not percolate to the ground due to impermiable surfaces such as roads, pavers etc.The runoff water during monsoons goes into nullahs and not actually into the ground leading to depletion of ground water level.
The Anandvan team strives to make the urban forests sustainable. You can see that the water table has already risen as a natural pond has come into being.
This is just a ‘Trailer’ of our movie. It’s going to be a blockbuster for sure!
Come and be the part of this team to create more such hits!