Sonam Kapoor all praise for Raipur’s Oxy-Zone

Sonam Kapoor praises Raipur’s Oxy-Zone initiative on Twitter recently. The initiative is a growing forest area build in 18-acre area to provide respite to the citizens from pollution. Raipur wasn’t making just another statement when they said that they were “planting trees on wherever land is available,” and is creating their own microcosmic forest within the district. Omprakash Choudhary, the District Collector of Raipur, and his team are reforesting areas right at the heart of the city.

Approximately 18-acres of land is being allocated to creating an ‘oxy-zone’ or a natural forest area that would provide the city its much needed breeze of cleaner air.Raipur is the seventh most polluted city in the world and this project reflects an acknowledgment that this rampant pollution has gone on for too long. The structure behind the oxy-zone was inspired by New York City’s Central Park and the city government has gone with the decision to clear plots of land worth INR 1,000 crore - all occupied by commercial projects.