We are always chuffed when it comes to enhancing greenery, so it is cheers for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which is set to develop multiple forest pockets across the city using the Japanese Miyawaki technique, as part of its urban forest initiative.

After launching its urban forest initiative, the civic body developed urban forests at over 60 open spaces using the Miyawaki technique over two years.  In a city where space is scarce, Miyawaki is about creating green spaces vertically. It comprises packing saplings that will eventually grow into trees very close together, like the proverbial sardines in a tin, except here the sardines are saplings. A pocket of green is then created, and though it is narrow, the impression is that of a forest with eye-pleasing foliage.