LUCKNOW, Aug. 10 -- The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) will use a dedicated mobile app to track the health of trees in its parks and measure the amount of carbon they absorb, paving the way for the authority to generate revenue through carbon credits in the future.

The app will record key details of every tree, including its species, age and trunk diameter, helping the LDA create a scientific database of trees across its parks. The authority plans to launch the project as a pilot involving 20 garden officers and employees.

LDA senior officials said the authority has developed the "Carbon Sequestration Assessment Tool", which will soon be available on Google Play Store.

As part of the pilot project, the LDA will provide the applica...