Clean & prepare
Began with waste removal, soil aeration, and irrigation trenches executed with civic workers.
Aranya Green Belt Project
Citizens, corporates, and civic agencies co-created a continuous green belt in Gurugram’s Aranya community.
Project Overview
From barren stretch to climate shield.
Egis India Consulting, GMDA Haryana, and resident volunteers partnered with Hara Jeevan to convert a neglected verge into a biodiversity buffer that cools the neighborhood and inspires stewardship.
- Location: Sector 108, Gurugram • Footprint: 1.8 km linear green belt hugging the township edge.
- Started with waste removal, soil conditioning, and storm-water diversion to prepare the site.
- Phased plantations introduced native trees, herbal patches, and pollinator gardens.
- Behaviour-change campaigns and signage keep the belt zero-waste and citizen owned.
Impact Highlights
12,500+
native saplings in survival maintenance with QR-linked tracking.
300+
families volunteering across cleanliness, plantations, and upkeep.
25
eco-art and upcycling installations built from recovered waste.
3
seasonal “Green Run” events funding continued stewardship.
How this story was built
Joint plantation days
Egis India, GMDA, and resident groups planted native species together through the monsoon season.
Community makers
Workshops taught children to build eco-art, herbal gardens, and recycled seating.
Stewardship pods
Volunteer pods manage watering, pruning, and cleanliness drives via WhatsApp alerts.
Community Engagement
Children as climate storytellers.
Student councils led awareness walks, painted sustainability walls, and hosted zero-waste kiosks during every plantation season.
- Eco clubs curate herbal garden trails and pollinator counts.
- Residents host composting demos and seed-ball workshops.
- Seasonal newsletters share data on canopy cover, bird sightings, and waste diversion.
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