New Delhi, July 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday took a step towards preserving Delhi's green cover, urging the Delhi government to initiate the process for declaring an area of 185 acres in the Capital as "forest". This area, spread over 18 land parcels across the Capital, is the site earmarked for compensatory afforestation of Ridge land illegally cleared by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) as part of a road construction project near Chhattarpur. Monitoring the progress of the plantation exercise, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said, "The process to notify the 18 parcels of land as forest shall also be initiated." Directing a status report to be submitted after four weeks, the bench, also comprising justic...