Green trees, chirping of birds and cool shade of trees in this scorching heat, that too in a forest of concrete like Noida. It sounds like a joke but it is true. Noida’s Sorkha village is built of a concrete
In Noida, the constructions of new buildings by cutting trees had started increasing very fast. In order to supply oxygen to the people living in big buildings, the Noida administration planned to develop a big oxygen strip. HCL resolved to provide financial assistance for it. Later the work of developing it was started the leadership of environmental worker Peepal Baba.
Today, a vast urban forest of 70,000 trees has grown in an area that was deserted six years ago. This forest has become a good source of pure air for the dense population living nearby. People of NCR come here on picnics during the holidays and enjoy living in the amidst of the environment.
Former DM of Gautam Budh Nagar district BN Singh says that Sorkha village was part of Noida Authority. Later it came to NCR. In this area, less than 2% of the area was covered with trees. Amidst the rapid increase in population here, the biggest challenging task was to develop an oxygen factory through Dense-Forestry. The people of the village were involved in this important work.
