Haat’s incinerators produce clean emissions. This is well known, but what is not known is the fact that Haat has a sizeable green belt in its factory premises.

There are trees such as Teak, Silver Oak, Peepal (Ficus Religiosa), Ashoka (Saraca Asoca) and others.

We grow fruits such as mango (including alphonso), banana, jackfruit (artocarpus heterophyllus), jamun (black plum), guava (psidium guajava), lemon, avocado, snake fruit (salacca zalacca), papaya, goose berry, sapota (sapodilla) and pomegranate.

There are flowers like rose, jasmine, sampangi (champak), bougainvillea, chendu (marigold) and so on and vegetables like drumstick, okra and greens.

The peepal tree is special in the sense you will find it practically in every Hindu temple and on river banks where people congregate.  It is also considered to have a religious significance in three major religions that originated on the Indian subcontinent - Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.  The peepal tree is very important and a gift of god to humans as it is considered to be the largest provider of oxygen, along with Neem and Tulsi. It is widely known that these trees release oxygen even at night. They can uptake CO2 during the night as well. Peepal trees therefore charge the atmosphere with freshness and life, remedying pollution. Therefore from the point of view of protecting the environment and off-setting carbon emissions, Peepal trees need to be saved and multiplied.  

It is proven by researchers that the interacting flow of wind as well as the sound of Peepal leaves due to the rubbing of leaves during breeze can kill the infecting bacteria slowly.

The snake fruit is native to Bali, Indonesia and was brought from there. We were not sure if it will survive in Bangalore, but to our delight it does. When it grows big and starts bearing fruits, the outer skin resembles that of a snake and when peeled, the inside looks like the hood of a snake. It has a sour-sweet taste.

There are two jackfruit trees, fruits from one tree are very sweet and the other tree does not give sweet fruit, but is used as a vegetable, when raw. The sweet fruit bearing tree produces something like 50 odd fruits every year and is tasted by everyone in Haat as well as visitors (that is, what is left, after the monkeys have feasted on them.)

The avocado tree gives more than 100 fruits every alternate year. Avocado is very good for the heart and can be had with breakfast and is well known as guacamole.

The alphonso mango tree also gives in excess of 100 fruits every alternate year.

There are flowers to adorn the open space and their number is increasing.

It is a wonderful atmosphere with so much greenery and vegetation, many of which have health benefits. These grow here without hindrance as the atmosphere is conducive to their growth.

Clean emissions and Green atmosphere at one place!