Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday expressed his displeasure to Lt. Governor Anil Baijal after the DDA expressed its unwillingness to take part in the Delhi government's mega tree plantation drive. In a letter to Baijal, Kejriwal said the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) senior officials failed to show up at two meetings convened by him regarding a mammoth drive to plant five lakh trees and shrubs.

On August 18, Kejriwal had called a meeting of all the greening agencies. It was decided that the plantation drive would be carried out on September 8. The DDA did not attend the meeting. "When I called you (Baijal) and informed you, you were kind enough to say that you would ensure participation of the DDA Vice Chairman in the next meeting," Kejriwal said.