New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Following specific directions from the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, to ensure that the saplings planted during plantation drives survive and grow, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Thursday launched a first-of-its-kind Digital Plantation Monitoring System for its ongoing Mega Plantation Drive 2026-27.

According to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), "for the first time, a plantation programme of this scale will be monitored through a dedicated mobile application integrated with a Plantation Monitoring Dashboard. The system enables digital recording and geo-tagging of plantation activities, creating a centralised record of works undertaken across Delhi to strengthen transparency and a...