The ashes of people who died of Covid during the second wave are being used as fertilizer to develop ‘Shri Ram Van’ at Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat using a Japanese technique called Miyawaki.
“We will plant 3500 saplings in 12,000 sq ft of land. It will become trees in 15-20 months. It will be 30% denser than normal forest,” said project head Tanmay Jain.
On July 5, Bhopal Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan planted saplings at the Ram Van developed adjacent to the Bhadbhada crematorium.
As the states are in grave condition due to the increasing human remains caused by Covid deaths, the state has decided to use the ashes of Covid victims productively to give life to plants.
Around four to five truckloads of ashes were left on the campus as the crematorium has witnessed a large number of cremations.
Plants of 70 species found in Madhya Pradesh will be planted in Ram Van through the Japanese technique of Miyawaki.
In this technique, various native species of plants are planted close to each other so that the greens receive sunlight only from the top and grow upwards rather than sideways.
As a result, the plantation becomes approximately 30 times denser, grows 10 times faster, and becomes maintenance-free after a span of 3 years.
With this method of the plantation, an urban forest can grow within a short span of 20-30 years while a conventional forest takes around 200-1300 years to grow naturally.
Crematorium management has even started contacting the families who are willing to plant saplings.
