India, May 4 -- The forest and wildlife department of Delhi has completed an assessment of trees and saplings that were damaged along the Yamuna floodplains in the light of last year's floods, which saw water-level peak at 207.48 metres, its third highest water-level ever recorded.

The department has now floated a tender to replace over 8,300 saplings damaged due to the floods -- as "casualty replacement" while also planting 46,000 saplings near the Yamuna Bank metro station across a 35.73 hectare patch. The plantation will commence soon, a forest official said.

The official said the damage to the trees and saplings was predominantly recorded around east Delhi's Garhi Mandu area, where the department has multiple forests.

"Since this i...